His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
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Gill's Exposition
His breath goeth forth,.... That is, the breath of a son of man, of any and everyone of the princes; it goes forth continually, and is drawn in again as long as a man lives; but at death it goes…
Barnes' Notes
His breath goeth forth - He dies like other people, no matter how exalted he is. See the notes at Isa 2:22. He returneth to his earth - See the notes at Psa 90:3. The earth - the dust - is “his” - (a)…
David is supposed to have penned this psalm; and he was himself a prince, a mighty prince; as such, it might be thought, 1. That he should be exempted from the service of praising God, that it was…
Cambridge Bible
Cp. Psa 104:29; Isa 2:22.
to his earth The -ground" (ădâmâh) from which he was taken and -of which his name (âdâm= -man") reminds him.
his thoughts Or, purposes. The word is common in Aramaic, but…
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