[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 ( Psalms 146:3
) . Two different words being used in this verse and ( Psalms 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.
