Psalms 118:8

Psalms chapter 118 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.7Jehovah is on my side among them that help me: Therefore shall I seemy desireupon them that hate me.

v.8This passage

v.9It is better to take refuge in Jehovah Than to put confidence in princes.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 62:8
Trust in him at all times, ye people; Pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. [Selah
Micah 7:5
Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Jeremiah 17:5
Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.
Psalms 40:4
Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.