Psalms 146
Psalms 146 is part of “Book V: The Deuteronomy Book” (107–150) in the outline of Psalms.
Psalms 146 summary
This and all the rest of the psalms that follow begin and end with Hallelujah, a word which puts much of God's praise into a little compass; for in it we praise him by his name Jah, the contraction of Jehovah. In this excellent psalm of praise, I. The psalmist engages himself to praise God (Psa 146:1, Psa 146:2). II.
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This and all the rest of the psalms that follow begin and end with Hallelujah, a word which puts much of God's praise into a little compass; for in it we praise him by his name Jah, the contraction of Jehovah. In this excellent psalm of praise, I. The psalmist engages himself to praise God (Psa 146:1, Psa 146:2). II. He engages others to trust in him, which is one necessary and acceptable way of praising him. 1. He shows why we should not trust in men (Psa 146:3, Psa 146:4). 2. Why we should trust in God (Psa 146:5), because of his power in the kingdom of nature (Psa 146:6), his dominion in the kingdom of providence (Psa 146:7), and his grace in the kingdom of the Messiah (Psa 146:8, Psa 146:9), that everlasting kingdom (Psa 146:10), to which many of the Jewish writers refer this psalm, and to which therefore we should have an eye, in the singing of it.
Source: Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (1706–21; Romans–Revelation completed by Nonconformist ministers). Public domain. Digital text: Free Use Bible API (bible.helloao.org).
Psalms 146 (GNV)
Geneva Bible 1599 (public domain)
Put Not Your Trust in Princes
1Praise ye the Lord. Praise thou the Lord, O my soule. 2I will prayse the Lord during my life: as long as I haue any being, I wil sing vnto my God. 3Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sonne of man, for there is none helpe in him. 4His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth: then his thoughtes perish. 5Blessed is he, that hath the God of Iaakob for his helpe, whose hope is in the Lord his God. 6Which made heauen and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth his fidelitie for euer: 7Which executeth iustice for the oppressed: which giueth bread to the hungry: the Lord loseth the prisoners. 8The Lord giueth sight to the blinde: the Lord rayseth vp the crooked: the Lord loueth the righteous. 9The Lord keepeth the strangers: he relieueth the fatherlesse and widowe: but he ouerthroweth the way of the wicked. 10The Lord shall reigne for euer: O Zion, thy God endureth from generation to generation. Prayse ye the Lord.