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Psalms 118:9
9It is better to trust the Lord to keep you safe, than to trust even in important people.
Psalms 118:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.
- New International Version (NIV)It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)It is better to trust in the Lord Than to put confidence in princes.
Context of Psalms 118:9
7The Lord is with me as my helper. As for those people who hate me, I will win against them. 8It is better to go to the Lord to keep you safe, than to trust in people. It is better to trust the Lord to keep you safe, than to trust even in important people. 10All the nations were ready to attack me, but I turned them away by the power of the Lord. 11Yes, they were all round me, ready to attack, but I won against them in the name of the Lord.
Read all of Psalms 118Psalms 118:9 word by word
ט֗וֹב לַחֲס֥וֹת בַּיהוָ֑ה מִ֝בְּטֹ֗חַ בִּנְדִיבִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 118:9
- Psalms 146:3Do not trust in human leaders. No human can save you.
- Isaiah 30:2Your leaders travel to Egypt to ask for Pharaoh's help to keep them safe. But they did not ask me what I think about it. They think that Egypt has the power to protect them.
- Isaiah 31:1It will be very bad for those people who expect that Egypt will help them. They think that Egypt's many horses and chariots will keep them safe. They trust the power of Egypt's strong soldiers who ride on horses. But those people do not trust the Holy God of Israel. They do not ask the Lord to help them.
- Isaiah 36:6Yes, you think that Egypt is strong enough to help you. But you should not trust Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. He is like a weak stick. If you use it to walk with, it will break! A broken piece of stick will make a hole through your hand and give you much pain! That is the trouble that the king of Egypt brings to everyone who trusts him to help them.
- Ezekiel 29:7When they wanted you to hold them up, you broke into pieces. Your sharp pieces tore their shoulders. When they held on to you, you caused their legs to shake.
Commentaries on Psalms 118:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9In princes - Men of high estate are generally proud, vainglorious, self-confident, and rash: it is better to trust in God than in them. Often they cannot deliver, and often they will not when they can. However, in the concerns of our salvation, and in matters which belong to Providence, they can do nothing.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9It is better than to put confidence in princes - Even in the most mighty of the human race; in those who of all people may be supposed to have the most ability to aid us; in those whose favor is often sought more than the favor of God. Princes are only men; often as faithless and deceitful as other men; often less reliable in their character than those in more humble life. and in the great matters where we most need aid - in sickness, in danger, in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9Trusting in the Lord is better than placing confidence in even the most powerful human leaders (Psalms 118:6; 146:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-98-9. Even the most powerful men are less to be trusted than God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 118
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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