Matthew Henry Commentary Psalms 146:1-4

"Praise ye Jehovah. Praise Jehovah, O my soul. While I live will I praise Jehovah: 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. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish." — Psalms 146:1-4 (ASV)

If it is our delight to praise the Lord while we live, we will certainly praise Him to all eternity. With this glorious prospect before us, how low do worldly pursuits seem!

There is a Son of Man in whom there is help—that is, He who is also the Son of God, who will not fail those who trust in Him. But all other sons of men are like the man from whom they originated, who, though in a position of honor, did not remain.

God has given the earth to the children of men, but there is great striving about it. Yet, after a while, no part of the earth will be their own, except for the portion where their dead bodies are laid. And when man returns to his earth, on that very day all his plans and designs vanish and are gone: what, then, becomes of expectations placed in him?