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Psalms 118:8 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 118:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 118:85 words
HebrewMeaning
ט֗וֹבṭwōb
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
לַ/חֲס֥וֹתlaḥăswōt
to take refugepronH2620
make refuge · trust
בַּ/יהוָ֑הbayhwāh
in YahwehpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
מִ֝/בְּטֹ֗חַmibəṭōḥa
more than to trustpronH982
secure · sure) · careless (one · woman) ···
בָּ/אָדָֽםbāʾādām
in humankindpronH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 118:8

1. ...We are taught in this Psalm, when we chaunt Allelujah, which means, Praise the Lord, that we should, when we hear the words, “Confess unto the Lord” Psalm 117:1, praise the Lord. The praise of God could not be expressed in fewer words than these, “For He is good.” I see not what can be more solemn than this brevity, since goodness is so peculiarly the quality of God, that the Son of God Himself when addressed by some one as “Good Master,” by one, namely, who beholding…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 118 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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