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Psalms 118:9

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

[It is] better to trust in the Lord,.... The Targum is,"in the Word of the Lord.''This is repeated for the sake of what follows:than to put confidence in princes; who have greater ability to help, and whose honour should engage them to keep their word; and yet it is better to trust in the Lord than in them; see Ps 146:3.

Two different words being used in this verse and Ps 118:8; for trust and confidence, Jarchi has observed, that the one signifies a lesser, the other a stronger confidence; as if the sense was this, "It is better lightly to trust in the Lord than to put the strongest confidence in men and princes."

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