Psalm 118:9 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

It is better to trust and take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

It’s far better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust any human leader.

Catholic Public Domain Version

BETH. By what does an adolescent correct his way? By keeping to your words.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words.

Psalm 118:9 Cross References

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!

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.

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.

Hosea 10:3

For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord; what then should a king do to us?