Psalm 118:9
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
It is better to trust in the Lord,.... The Targum is,
"in the Word of the Lord.''
This is repeated for the sake of what follows:
than to put confidence in princes; who have greater ability to help, and whose honour should engage them to keep their word; and yet it is better to trust in the Lord than in them; see Ps 146:3. Two different words being used in this verse and Ps 118:8; for trust and confidence, Jarchi has observed, that the one signifies a lesser, the other a stronger confidence; as if the sense was this, "It is better lightly to trust in the Lord than to put the strongest confidence in men and princes." But the observation is scarcely solid enough.
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