Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“The Holman Christian Standard Bible translates Pslam 146:3 as ‘Do not trust in nobles, in man, who cannot save.’ Most who are familiar with the Scriptures (both Hebrew: the Tanakh, and the New Testament) know this verse as warning against ‘princes’ but nobles (which include ‘princes’ and royalty in general) is a better rendering. That is, in a single word, government. But note the verse includes ‘man’ in general (the Hebrew is literally ‘a child of a man’ – that is, any human). Ultimately all humans fall and fail: if nothing else, they die and no longer can do anything here on earth. We are feeble and frail. In the 21st Century, this is still a valid warning.” (04/30/25)