Psalms 118:9 meaning and explanation
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.
Psalms 118:9, Berean Standard Bible
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Psalm 118 is a thanksgiving song, likely sung as worshipers processed toward the temple, and verses 8 and 9 form a paired saying. The speaker has known distress and hostile nations (verses 5 to 13), and he draws a lesson from experience: human help, even at its highest level, is unreliable.
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