Psalms 118:9

World English Bible (2000)

It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 31:1 : 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don't look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don't seek Yahweh!
  • Ps 146:3-5 : 3 Don't put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help. 4 His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish. 5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:
  • Isa 30:2-3 : 2 who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my advice; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
  • Isa 30:15-17 : 15 For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, "You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence." You refused, 16 but you said, "No, for we will flee on horses;" therefore you will flee; and, "We will ride on the swift;" therefore those who pursue you will be swift. 17 One thousand will flee at the threat of one. At the threat of five, you will flee until you are left like a beacon on the top of a mountain, and like a banner on a hill.
  • Isa 31:8 : 8 "The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.
  • Isa 36:6-7 : 6 Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. 7 But if you tell me, 'We trust in Yahweh our God,' isn't that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before this altar?'"
  • Ezek 29:7 : 7 When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and paralyzed all of their thighs."

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    8It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.

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    3Don't put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.

  • Ps 115:9-11
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    9Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.

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    4Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn't respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

  • Ps 21:7
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    7For the king trusts in Yahweh. Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved.

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    25The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

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    14But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, "You are my God."

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    5Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding.

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    11I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

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    7for it is better that it be said to you, "Come up here," than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

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    7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust the name of Yahweh our God.

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    10All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of Yahweh, I cut them off.

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    7Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose trust Yahweh is.

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    2I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust."

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    3When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

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    5Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.

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    1In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.

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    1Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.

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    19That your trust may be in Yahweh, I teach you today, even you.

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    21For our heart rejoices in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

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    1In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.

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    1Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

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    31As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

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    11But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.

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    6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.