Psalm 118:9 - The Scriptures 2009

⁹ It is better to take refuge in יהוה Than to trust 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 Mitsrayim for help, and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but who do not look to the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl, nor seek יהוה!

Isaiah 31:8

“And Ashshur shall fall by a sword not of man, and a sword not of mankind shall devour him. But he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become slave labour,

Ezekiel 29:7

“When they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders. When they leaned on you, you broke and made all their loins shake.”

Hosea 10:3

For now they say, “We have no sovereign, because we did not fear יהוה. What would the sovereign do for us?”