Psalms 118:6
The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
Psalms 118:6 in other translations
| BSB | The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? |
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| WEB | The LORD is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? |
| ASV | Jehovah is on my side; I will not fear: What can man do unto me? |
| YLT | Jehovah is for me, I do not fear what man doth to me. |
| DARBY | Jehovah is for me, I will not fear; what can man do unto me? |
| BBE | The Lord is on my side; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me? |
| Webster | The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do to me? |
What does Psalms 118:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 118:6-7
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 118:1-18
The account the psalmist here gives of his troubles is very applicable to Christ: many hated him without a cause; nay, the Lord himself chastened him sorely, bruised him, and put him to grief, that by his stripes we might be healed. God is sometimes the strength of his people, when he is not their song; they have spiritual supports, though they want spiritual delights. Whether the believer traces back his comfort to…
Psalms 118:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 118:6
- Hebrews 13:6
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
- Romans 8:31
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
- Psalms 56:4
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
- Psalms 56:11
In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
- Micah 7:8-10
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
- Psalms 27:1-3
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
- Psalms 56:9
When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
- Psalms 23:4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
- Jeremiah 20:11
But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
- Isaiah 51:12
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
- Psalms 46:11
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Psalms 146:5
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Psalms 118:5
I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.
- Psalms 118:6
The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
- Psalms 118:7
The Lord taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
Psalms 118:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Jehová está por mí: no temeré lo que me pueda hacer el hombre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | L’ Éternel est pour moi, je ne craindrai pas; que me fera l’homme? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jehova ist für mich, ich werde mich nicht fürchten; was sollte der Mensch mir tun? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Tunc non confundar, cum perspexero in omnibus mandatis tuis. |