Psalms 118:9 · KJV
“{It is} better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.”
— Psalms 118:9
{It is} better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. {destroy...: Heb. cut them off}
Psalms 118 — Context
The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see {my desire} upon them that hate me.
8{It is} better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
9{It is} better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
10All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. {destroy...: Heb. cut them off}
11They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
Cross References
Psalms 146:3-5
Put not your trust in princes, {nor} in the son of man, in whom {there is} no help. {help: or, salvation}
Isaiah 31:1
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because {they are} many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
Ezekiel 29:7
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
Isaiah 31:8
Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited. {from: or, for fear of} {discomfited: or, tributary: Heb. for melting, or, tribute}
Isaiah 30:2-3
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
Isaiah 30:15-17
For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
Isaiah 36:6-7
Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so {is} Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.