Psalm 118:9 - Easy To Read Version

It is better to trust the Lord\par than to trust your leaders.\par

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Isaiah 31:1

Look at the people going down to Egypt for help. The people ask for horses. They think horses will save them. The people hope the chariots {\cf2\super [289]} and horse soldiers from Egypt will protect them. The people think they are safe because that army is very big. The people don’t trust the Holy One of Israel (God). The people don’t ask the Lord for help.

Isaiah 31:8

It is true that Assyria {\cf2\super [292]} will be defeated with a sword. But that sword will not be a man’s sword. Assyria will be destroyed. But that destruction will not come from a man’s sword. Assyria will run away from God’s sword. But the young men will be caught and made slaves.

Ezekiel 29:7

The people of Israel leaned on Egypt\par for support.\par But Egypt only pierced their hands\par and shoulder.\par They leaned on you for support,\par but you broke and twisted their back.’”\par

Hosea 10:3

Now the Israelites say, “We have no king. We don’t honor the Lord! And his king can’t do anything to us!”