Behold, you are trusting now in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.

He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.

Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!

“See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!”

In God I Trust

To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me;

in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.

Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

A wise man scales the city of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.

Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.

A greedy man stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.

The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.

Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the Lord!

Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord.

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.