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Psalms 146:3

146:2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. help: or, salvation

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Don’t put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.

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

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

146:4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

What does Psalms 146:3 mean?

Psalms 146:3 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בָּטַח (bâṭach), נָדִיב (nâdîyb), בֵּן (bên).

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Put
not
your
trustבָּטַחbâṭach/baw-takh'/H982figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
in
princes,נָדִיבnâdîyb/naw-deeb'/H5081properly, voluntary, i.e. generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
nor
in
the
sonבֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
of
man,אָדָםʼâdâm/aw-dawm'/H120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
in
whom
there
is
no
help.תְּשׁוּעָהtᵉshûwʻâh/tesh-oo-aw'/H8668rescue (literal or figurative, persons, national or spiritual)
help:
or,
salvation

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And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. Seth: Heb. Sheth: that is Appointed, or, Put

Genesis 6:2

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

Genesis 6:4

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

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What does Psalms 146:3 say?

Psalms 146:3 (King James Version) reads: "Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. help: or, salvation"

Is Psalms 146:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 146:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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