Psalms 118:8

It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. Better to trust in the Lord - Man is feeble, ignorant, fickle, and capricious; it is better to trust in Jehovah than in such.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 118:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man - This is stated apparently as the result of his own experience. He had found peo...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

[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,...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXVIII. A Hymn for Festal Procession to Zion. The old tradition that different parts were appropriated to different voices is right in substance, t...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

It is better... Than. Figure of speech Connotes (App-6), repeated in Psalms 118:9 . better . good. By Figure of speech Heterosis (App-6), th...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8 It is better to trust in Jehovah He appears to state nothing but what is common-place, it being unanimously admitted, that when God and me...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. -At the beginning ( Psalms 118:5 ) and at the close of...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. was evidently written for the Temple worship on the occasion of some great festival ( Psalms 118:24 ), when it might be used as a procession...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 118:1-29 THIS is unmistakably a psalm for use in the Temple worship, and probably meant to be sung antiphonally, on some day of national re...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Trust in God Brings Strength Psalms 118:1-14 It is generally agreed that this psalm dates back to the restoration from Babylon. It was probably...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the sixth and last of the Hallel. It is the song of perfect victory, and was undoubtedly arranged to be sung by the triumphal procession as i...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I make no pause in these verses, because I think they contain a beautiful subject, in reference to the Lord Jesus in his ministry; and it were a pity...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[It is] better to trust in the Lord ,.... This, with what follows in Psalms 118:9 , is the conclusion from the above premises and experience; it is...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 118:8 [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. Ver. 8. It is better to trust in the Lord, &c. ] Luther on t...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

It is better to trust in the Lord It is much safer, and more to a person's comfort; than to put confidence in man As mine enemies do in their own...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Goodness of God Celebrated; Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 O give thanks...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As mine adversaries do in their own numbers, and in their great confederates.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION 1. The last of the group (113–118.) constituting the Hallel. 2. Certainly a temple Psalm, most probably composed for a great occasion...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

May the Good Spirit, who taught the psalmist to indite these words help us to feel their inward meaning! Psalms 118:1 . O give thanks unto the LOR...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 118:1 . O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. Here is a standing reason for thanksgiving. Alth...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm is destitute of title, and the occasion on which it was composed is not known. The style however, the subject, the masterly manner in whic...
The Biblical Illustrator

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. Confidence in. God I. As justified by experience. “It is better,” says Matthew...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION AN antiphonal hymn, composed for a joyful occasion, when there was to be a procession to the temple, a welcoming of the procession...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Psalm for Festival Services. This hymn, written altogether in the style of David, bears a liturgical character and was, in fact, used in the Jew...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man, man at his best being but a weak and helpless creature.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 17:5-7 ; Micah 7:5-7 ; Psalms 40:4 ; Psalms 62:8 ; Psalms 62:9

⁸ It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 118:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 118:8