Psalms 60:11

60:11 Give us help against the enemy,

for any help men might offer is futile.

Psalms 62:8

62:8 Trust in him at all times, you people!

Pour out your hearts before him!

God is our shelter! (Selah)

Psalms 118:8-9

118:8 It is better to take shelter in the Lord

than to trust in people.

118:9 It is better to take shelter in the Lord

than to trust in princes.

Psalms 124:1-3

Psalm 124

A song of ascents, by David.

124:1 “If the Lord had not been on our side” –

let Israel say this! –

124:2 if the Lord had not been on our side,

when men attacked us,

124:3 they would have swallowed us alive,

when their anger raged against us.

Psalms 127:1

Psalm 127

A song of ascents, by Solomon.

127:1 If the Lord does not build a house,

then those who build it work in vain.

If the Lord does not guard a city,

then the watchman stands guard in vain.

Psalms 146:3

146:3 Do not trust in princes,

or in human beings, who cannot deliver!

Isaiah 2:2

2:2 In the future

the mountain of the Lord’s temple will endure

as the most important of mountains,

and will be the most prominent of hills.

All the nations will stream to it,

Jeremiah 17:5

Individuals Are Challenged to Put Their Trust in the Lord

17:5 The Lord says,

“I will put a curse on people

who trust in mere human beings,

who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength,

and whose hearts have turned away from the Lord.