# Psalms 146.4 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 2. While I live will I praise Jehovah: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. 3. Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. > > **4. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.** > > 5. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God: 6. Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever; (Psalms 146:2-6, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 2. While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist. 3. Don’t put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help. > > **4. His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.** > > 5. Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God: 6. who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever; (Psalms 146:2-6, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 2. While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. 3. Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. help: or, salvation > > **4. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.** > > 5. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: 6. Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever: (Psalms 146:2-6, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 2. I praise Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist. 3. Trust not in princes, in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance. > > **4. His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.** > > 5. O the happiness of him Who hath the God of Jacob for his help, His hope [is] on Jehovah his God, 6. Making the heavens and earth, The sea and all that [is] in them, Who is keeping truth to the age, (Psalms 146:2-6, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Lexicon:** - [H7307 - ruach](/codex/h7307-ruach/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.