{It is} better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

[A Song of degrees of David.] If {it had not been} the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

Thus saith the LORD; Cursed {be} the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

Trust in him at all times; {ye} people, pour out your heart before him: God {is} a refuge for us. Selah.

Put not your trust in princes, {nor} in the son of man, in whom {there is} no help. {help: or, salvation}

[A Song of degrees for Solomon.] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh {but} in vain. {for...: or, of Solomon} {that...: Heb. that are builders of it in it}

Give us help from trouble: for vain {is} the help of man. {help of man: Heb. salvation, etc}

And it shall come to pass in the last days, {that} the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. {established: or, prepared}

The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. {storehouses: or, barns}

Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, {It is} not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

And {this} your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though {it were} the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.

The beginning of the words of his mouth {is} foolishness: and the end of his talk {is} mischievous madness. {his talk: Heb. his mouth}