Psalm 117:8-9
It is good to confide in the Lord, rather than to have confidence in man. V. It is good to trust in the Lord, rather than to trust in princes.
Haydock
Verse 9. Princes. For vain is the salvation of man. Ps. lix. 31. Jer. xvii. 5. C. — So neither can man hurt those whom God protects. Rom. viii. 31. H.