"Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help." (Psalm 146:3) "It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes." (Psalm 118:8-9) "Blessed is that man that makes the Lord his trust." (Psalm 40:4)
Who else is worthy of trust? Who else can be trusted? Whose knowledge, and strength, and existence, is unfailing and sure, but only the Lord's? What man is there who is unchangeably reliable in all his ways even yesterday and today?
But the Lord, He is immutable,--the same not only yesterday and today, but for ever. No hero worshiper and no subject, however legal, would think of putting their confidence in prince or king longer than for the transient period of life; yet the Lord may be trusted for ever.
That man who puts his trust in princes favors will surely one day come to feel that if he had but served his God, and put his trust in Him, He would not have deserted him in his need. Truly, "Blessed is that man that makes the Lord his trust." (Psalm 40:4)
He shall not want; goodness and mercy will follow him all the days of his life, and he will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. (Psalm 23:1,6)--Present Truth, September 10, 1896--Psalm 146:3.