Psalm 118:8-10

New Catholic Bible

⁸^[a]It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    than to place your trust in mortals.
⁹It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    than to place your trust in princes.
¹⁰^[b]All the nations surrounded me;
    in the name of the Lord I overcame them.

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Footnotes

Psalm 118:8 All should be ever mindful of the motto learned through experience that it is better to have confidence in the Lord than to rely on flesh and blood (see Ps 33:16-19; see also Pss 62; 146).
Psalm 118:10 The fury of the assault recalls the attacks experienced by Jesus at his trial (see Lk 22:63—23:25) and even during his public ministry (see Lk 11:53f). Name: see note on Ps 5:12.

Psalm 118:8-10

English Standard Version

⁸^(A)It is better to take refuge in the Lord
^(B)than to trust in man.
⁹It is better to take refuge in the Lord
^(C)than to trust in princes.

¹⁰^(D)All nations surrounded me;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

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Psalm 118:8-10

New King James Version

⁸^(A)It is better to trust in the Lord
Than to put confidence in man.
⁹^(B)It is better to trust in the Lord
Than to put confidence in princes.

¹⁰All nations surrounded me,
But in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

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Psalm 118:8-10

New International Version

⁸It is better to take refuge in the Lord^(A)
    than to trust in humans.^(B)
⁹It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    than to trust in princes.^(C)
¹⁰All the nations surrounded me,
    but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.^(D)