8It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.


In Context

5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.

6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

7 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.

10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.

Psalms 118:8 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

118:8It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

118:8It is good to confide in the Lord, rather than to have confidence in man.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

118:8It is better to take refuge in Jehovah Than to put confidence in man.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

118:8It is better to trust in Jehovah than to put confidence in man;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

118:8It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

118:8It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

118:8It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

118:8Better to take refuge in Jehovah than to trust in man,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

118:8It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.