Psa 118:5-9 | Clarke | STEP | Verse 5 I called upon the Lord - I am a standing proof and living witness of God's mercy. Take encouragement from me.

Psalms 118:5-9

Verse 5

I called upon the Lord - I am a standing proof and living witness of God's mercy. Take encouragement from me. Verse 7

The Lord taketh my part with them that help me - Literally, The Lord is to me among my helpers. Therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. Literally, And I shall look among them that hate me. As God is on my side, I fear not to look the whole of them in the face. I shall see them defeated. Verse 8

Better to trust in the Lord - Man is feeble, ignorant, fickle, and capricious; it is better to trust in Jehovah than in such. Verse 9

In princes - Men of high estate are generally proud, vainglorious, self-confident, and rash: it is better to trust in God than in them. Often they cannot deliver, and often they will not when they can. However, in the concerns of our salvation, and in matters which belong to Providence, they can do nothing.