Psalm 118 (8 of 31 notes)

8. God is infinitely more able to help, and more likely to help, than man, and therefore prudence suggests that we put our confidence in him above all others. It is also morally better to do so, for it is the duty of the creature to trust in the Creator. God deserves to be trusted, and to place our reliance upon another rather than himself is a direct insult to his faithfulness. We can never be sure of our ground if we rely upon mortal man, but we are always secure in the hands of our God. To trust in man tends to make us mean, crouching, dependent; but confidence in God elevates, produces a sacred quietness of spirit, and sanctifies the soul. In many cases the human object of our trust fails from want of ability, generosity, affection, or memory; but the Lord does for us exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or even think. This verse is written out of the experience of many who have first of all found the broken reeds of the creature break under them, and have afterwards joyfully found the Lord a solid pillar sustaining all their weight.