Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Forth. From the body, which shall be consigned to the earth from which it was taken, Ecclesiastes xii. 7.
And he. Man, (Calmet) or each of the princes, (Haydock) with respect to the body. (Worthington)
It does not refer to the spirit, which in Hebrew is feminine. (Calmet)
It is the want of faith, which causes people to confide in great ones, rather than in Providence. (St. Augustine)
Thoughts. Projects of ambition (Calmet)