Mazmur 104:29-30

104:29 When you ignore them, they panic. ¹ 

When you take away their life’s breath, they die

and return to dust.

104:30 When you send your life-giving breath, they are created,

and you replenish the surface of the ground.

Mazmur 146:4

146:4 Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground;

on that day their plans die. ² 

[104:29]  ¹ tn Heb “you hide your face, they are terrified.”

[146:4]  ² tn Heb “his spirit goes out, it returns to his ground; in that day his plans die.” The singular refers to the representative man mentioned in v. 3b.