the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Psalms 118:8
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It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in people.
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
It is better to take refuge in Yahweh Than to put confidence in man.
It is better to trust the Lord than to trust people.
It is better to take shelter in the Lord than to trust in people.
[It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, Than to put confidence in man.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD Than to trust in man.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.
It is betere for to trist in the Lord; than for to triste in man.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
It is better to trust the Lord for protection than to trust anyone else,
It is better to take refuge in Jehovah Than to put confidence in man.
It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in man.
It is better to take refuge in Adonai than to trust in human beings;
It is better to trust in Jehovah than to put confidence in man;
It is better to trust in the Lord than to trust in people.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
It is better to trust in the Lord: then to put confidence in man.
It is better to trust in the Lord than to trust in man.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in mortals.
It is better to trust in the Lorde, then to haue confidence in man.
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
It is better to trust in the Lord than to depend on people.
It is, better to seek refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man:
(117-8) It is good to confide in the Lord, rather than to have confidence in man.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
It is better to trust in God: then to put any confidence in man.
It is better to trust in the Lord than to trust in man.
It is better to take refuge in the Lordthan to trust in humanity.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD, Than to put confidence in man.
It is better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust in humans.
It is better to trust in Jehovah than to trust in man;
Better to take refuge in Jehovah than to trust in man,
It is better to trust in the LORDE, then to put eny confidence in man.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD Than to trust in people.
It is better to trust in the LORD Than to put confidence in man.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord Than to trust in man.
It is better to take refuge in YahwehThan to trust in man.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 40:4, Psalms 62:8, Psalms 62:9, Jeremiah 17:5-7, Micah 7:5-7
Reciprocal: Genesis 30:31 - General Judges 5:19 - kings 1 Samuel 23:12 - They will 1 Samuel 30:6 - David 2 Samuel 20:2 - every man 2 Kings 6:27 - whence Esther 6:3 - There is nothing Psalms 112:7 - trusting Psalms 125:1 - that trust Psalms 146:3 - Put Proverbs 29:25 - whoso Isaiah 30:7 - Their Ezekiel 29:7 - thou didst Daniel 6:16 - Thy God Daniel 6:23 - because Micah 1:14 - houses 1 Timothy 4:10 - because 1 Timothy 6:17 - but
Gill's Notes on the Bible
[It is] better to trust in the Lord,.... This, with what follows in Psalms 118:9, is the conclusion from the above premises and experience; it is good to trust in the Lord; such enjoy peace, are in safety, shall not want any good thing, nor ever be ashamed and confounded: the Targum is,
"it is better to trust in the Word of the Lord;''
than to put confidence in man; it is not good to put confidence in man at all; it is trusting to a broken staff, to a mere shadow, which can yield no support or relief: it is best to trust in the Lord; he is able to help, as well as willing; he is faithful to his word, and unchangeable in his promises; whereas man, though he may have a will to help, oftentimes has it not in his power; and when it is in his power, and has promised it, he disappoints, being changeable or unfaithful. Wherefore trust not in man, but in the Lord; yea, cursed is the man that trusts in man; see Jeremiah 17:5.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man - This is stated apparently as the result of his own experience. He had found people weak and faithless; he had not so found God. Compare Psalms 40:4; Psalms 62:8-9. Literally, “Good is it to trust in Yahweh more than to confide in man.” This is the Hebrew form of comparison, and is equivalent to what is stated in our version, “It is better,” etc. It is better,
(1) because man is weak - but God is Almighty;
(2) because man is selfish - but God is benevolent;
(3) because man is often faithless and deceitful - God never;
(4) because there are emergencies, as death, in which man cannot aid us, however faithful, kind, and friendly he may be - but there are no circumstances in this life, and none in death, where God cannot assist us; and
(5) because the ability of man to help us pertains at best only to this present life - the power of God will be commensurate with eternity.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 118:8. Better to trust in the Lord — Man is feeble, ignorant, fickle, and capricious; it is better to trust in Jehovah than in such.