Psalm 118:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ It is better to trust in the LORD Than to put confidence in princes.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ It is better to trust and take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁹ It’s far better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust any human leader.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ BETH. By what does an adolescent correct his way? By keeping to your words.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words.

Psalm 118:9 Cross References

Isaiah 31:1

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and who rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the Lord!

Isaiah 31:8

“Then the Assyrian shall fall by a sword not of mortals, and a sword not of humans shall devour him; he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be put to forced labor.

Ezekiel 29:7

when they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders, and when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their legs give way.

Hosea 10:3

For now they will say: “We have no king, for we do not fear the Lord, and a king—what could he do for us?”