Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Put not your trust in princes, (nor) in the son of man, in whom there is no help - rather, 'no salvation' (Jeshuhah, a different Hebrew word from that for "help," Psalms 146:5, `eezer (H5828)). This verse is drawn from Psalms 118:8-9. The "princes" meant are the rulers of the God-opposed world-power. The Jews had found dependence on Pharaoh no safeguard against Nebuchadnezzar when Jerusalem was besieged by the latter. Again the princess of the Medo-Persian world-power had been quickly turned away from helping them by the slander of their Samaritan enemies, after their return from Babylon. "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord" (Proverbs 21:1). If we make God our friend and our confidence, He can make the world-powers also to befriend us (Psalms 75:6-7; Isaiah 2:22).