OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 118:8

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It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to put confidence in man.

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Verse 8. Utterly. Hebrew nimis, as verse 4. Bible.—It may be advantageous to us to be left awhile, that we may know our own weakness. Saint Gregory Mor. xx. 21. Worthington.—He does not beg never to be tempted, or in tribulation; ( Bible.) but only that he may not yield to sin. S. Hil.—He may always at least have recourse to prayer. 1 Thes. 5:17.—The neglect of this duty occasions so many falls. Bert.

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