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Don`t put your trust in princes, Each a son of man in whom there is no help.
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Human Power is Fleeting
Commentators explain that the verse warns against trusting human leaders not just because they can be fickle, but because they are fundamentally frail and mortal. John Calvin notes that even the most powerful ruler is just a 'son of man' whose life is a fleeting breath. When they die, all their grand plans and promises perish with them, making them an unreliable foundation for our ultimate hope.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Put not your trust in princes - Rely on God rather than on man, however exalted he may be. There is a work of protection and salvation which…
19th Century
Anglican
Princes— The thought of Psalm 118:8-9 is here elaborated, with distinct allusion to Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19 (Compare …
Baptist
What is the connection here between praising God and not trusting man? Why, this connection, that we never praise God better than by exercising fai…
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16th Century
Protestant
Trust not in princes. This admonition is appropriately inserted, for one way people blind themselves is by entangling their minds with var…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Put not your trust in princes Not in foreign princes, in alliances and confederacies with them; nor in any at home. …
If it is our delight to praise the Lord while we live, we will certainly praise Him to all eternity. With this glorious prospect before us, how low…
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