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With the Lord to protect me I am not afraid.
    What can mortals do to me?
The Lord is at my side to offer me help;
    I will look down upon my enemies.
[a]It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    than to place your trust in mortals.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 118:8 All should be ever mindful of the motto learned through experience that it is better to have confidence in the Lord than to rely on flesh and blood (see Ps 33:16-19; see also Pss 62; 146).