🎵WEB · Psalms 118:8
What does Psalms 118:8 mean?
"It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man."
— Psalms 118:8 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.
Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.
It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.
It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes.
All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh’s name, I cut them off.
They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In Yahweh’s name I indeed cut them off.
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