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Psalms 146:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.


Psalms 146:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 146:38 words
HebrewMeaning
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּבְטְח֥וּtibəṭəḥw
you trustverbH982
secure · sure) · careless (one · woman) ···
בִ/נְדִיבִ֑יםbinədiybiym
in noble peoplepronH5081
liberal · noble · prince · willing
בְּ/בֶןbəben
in a child ofpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אָדָ֓םʾādām
humankindnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
שֶׁ֤/אֵֽיןšeʾēyn
whom notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
ל֥/וֹlwō
pron
תְשׁוּעָֽהtəšwʿāh
deliverancenounH8668
help · safety · salvation · victory
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 146:3

1. ...Behold the Psalm sounds; it is the voice of some one (and that some one are you, if you will), of some one encouraging his soul to praise God, and saying to himself, “Praise the Lord, O my soul” Psalm 145:1. For sometimes in the tribulations and temptations of this present life, whether we will or no, our soul is troubled; of which troubling he speaks in another Psalm. But to remove this troubling, he suggests joy; not as yet in reality, but in hope; and says to it when…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 146 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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