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Selected Verse: Psalms 118:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 118:8 |
Strong Concordance |
It is better [02896] to trust [02620] in the LORD [03068] than to put confidence [0982] in man [0120]. |
| |
King James |
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Even the most powerful men are less to be trusted than God. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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 Psa 40:4; Psa 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. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Better to trust in the Lord - Man is feeble, ignorant, fickle, and capricious; it is better to trust in Jehovah than in such. |
8 Trust [0982] in him at all times [06256]; ye people [05971], pour out [08210] your heart [03824] before [06440] him: God [0430] is a refuge [04268] for us. Selah [05542].
9 Surely men [0120] [01121] of low degree are vanity [01892], and men [0376] of high degree are a lie [03577]: to be laid [05927] in the balance [03976], they are altogether [03162] lighter than vanity [01892].
4 Blessed [0835] is that man [01397] that maketh [07760] the LORD [03068] his trust [04009], and respecteth [06437] not the proud [07295], nor such as turn aside [07750] to lies [03577].