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Psalms 118:9

It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.

KJV

In quo corrigit adolescentior viam suam ? in custodiendo sermones tuos.

Vulgate

Ἐν τίνι κατορθώσει ὁ νεώτερος τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ; ἐν τῷ φυλάσσεσθαι τοὺς λόγους σου.

LXX

It is better to take refuge in Jehovah Than to put confidence in princes.

ASV

ט֗וֹב לַ/חֲס֥וֹת בַּ/יהוָ֑ה מִ֝/בְּטֹ֗חַ בִּ/נְדִיבִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֹּטְחִ֖ים
btchym
verb · 117×
חָסִ֑יתִי
chsyty
verb · 35×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
נָדִ֑יב
ndyb
noun · 28×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 16:21 — And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
  • Dan 6:9 — Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
  • Ezek 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.
  • Isa 30:2 — 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!
  • Isa 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 Isra
  • Isa 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.
  • Ps 62:9 — 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.
  • Ps 146:3 — Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.