Psaumes 118:8

Darby's French Translation

Mieux vaut mettre sa confiance en l'Éternel que de se confier en l'homme.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Mieux vaut se retirer vers l'�ternel que de s'assurer en l'homme.

Louis Segond (1910)
Mieux vaut chercher un refuge en l'Eternel Que de se confier � l'homme;

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Mieux vaut se confier en l'Eternel, que de se confier en l'homme.

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.