Do not trust in nobles,
in a son of man,[a] who cannot save.(A)
When his breath[b] leaves him,
he returns to the ground;
on that day his plans die.(B)

Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord his God,(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 146:3 Or a mere mortal
  2. 146:4 Or spirit

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