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118:8-9 The Lord Is a Sure Refuge. The experiences of God's help show that it is better to take refuge in the Lord (see note on 31:1-2; cf. 62:8) than to trust in man, particularly in princes (i.e., in merely human power, which the enemies of118:7 seem to trust in; cf. 146:3).