[ It is] better
2896 {2896} Primeטוֹבtowb{tobe}
From H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural ( good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb ( well).
to trust
2620 {2620} Primeחָסַהchacah{khaw-saw'}
A primitive root; to flee for protection (compare H0982); figuratively to confide in.
z8800 <8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Infinitive (See H8812) Count - 4888
in
Yähwè
יָהוֶה
3068 {3068} PrimeיְהֹוָהY@hovah{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
than to put confidence
982 {0982} Primeבָּטַחbatach{baw-takh'}
A primitive root; properly to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620); figuratively to trust, be confident or sure.
z8800 <8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Infinitive (See H8812) Count - 4888
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
in man.
120 {0120} Primeאָדָם'adam{aw-dawm'}
From H0119; ruddy, that is, a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.). |
Psalms 118:8-9
_ _ Even the most powerful men are less to be trusted than God. |
Psalms 118:8
[It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence (d) in man.
(d) He shows that he had trusted in vain if he had put his confidence in man, to have been preferred to the kingdom and therefore he put his trust in God and obtained. |
Psalms 40:4 Blessed [ is] that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Psalms 62:8- 9 Trust in him at all times; [ ye] people, pour out your heart before him: God [ is] a refuge for us. Selah. ... Surely men of low degree [ are] vanity, [ and] men of high degree [ are] a lie: to be laid in the balance, they [ are] altogether [ lighter] than vanity.
Jeremiah 17:5- 7 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [ be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. ... Blessed [ is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
Micah 7:5- 7 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. ... Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
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