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Psalms 146:4

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 146:4

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; or, "when his breath goes forth"—i.e; when he breathes his last—"he returns to his earth," i.e. to the earth of which he was made (, ).

In that very day his thoughts perish. All his schemes and projects ('eshtonoth, a word not occurring elsewhere) come to an end—are nipped in the bud—perish. So weak is he, and not to be depended on.

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