Psalms 118:8
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.
Psalms 118:8 in other translations
| BSB | It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. |
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| WEB | It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to put confidence in man. |
| ASV | It is better to take refuge in Jehovah Than to put confidence in man. |
| YLT | Better to take refuge in Jehovah than to trust in man, |
| DARBY | It is better to trust in Jehovah than to put confidence in man; |
| BBE | It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in man. |
| Webster | It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. |
What does Psalms 118:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 118:8-9
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
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 118:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 118:8
- Psalms 40:4
Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
- Jeremiah 17:5-7
Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
- Psalms 62:8-9
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
- Micah 7:5-7
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house. Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
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Context
- 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 118:8
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.
- Psalms 118:9
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.
Psalms 118:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mejor es esperar en Jehová que esperar en hombre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mieux vaut mettre sa confiance en l’ Éternel que de se confier en l’homme. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Es ist besser, auf Jehova zu trauen, als sich zu verlassen auf den Menschen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Justificationes tuas custodiam; non me derelinquas usquequaque. |