Psalm 118:6
New International Version
The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?

New Living Translation
The LORD is for me, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?

English Standard Version
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

King James Bible
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

New King James Version
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?

New American Standard Bible
The LORD is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me?

NASB 1995
The LORD is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me?

NASB 1977
The LORD is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me?

Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me?

Amplified Bible
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can [mere] man do to me?

Christian Standard Bible
The LORD is for me; I will not be afraid. What can a mere mortal do to me?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD is for me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

American Standard Version
Jehovah is on my side; I will not fear: What can man do unto me?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
LORD JEHOVAH is my helper; I shall not fear what a son of man does to me.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The Lord is my helper; and I will not fear what man shall do to me.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD is on my side, and I am not afraid of what others can do to me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord is my helper, I will not fear what man can do unto me.

English Revised Version
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD is on my side. I am not afraid. What can mortals do to me?

Good News Translation
The LORD is with me, I will not be afraid; what can anyone do to me?

International Standard Version
The LORD is with me. I will not be afraid. What can people do to me?

JPS Tanakh 1917
The LORD is for me; I will not fear; What can man do unto me?

Literal Standard Version
YHWH [is] for me, | I do not fear what man does to me.

Majority Standard Bible
The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

New American Bible
The LORD is with me; I am not afraid; what can mortals do against me?

NET Bible
The LORD is on my side, I am not afraid! What can people do to me?

New Revised Standard Version
With the LORD on my side I do not fear. What can mortals do to me?

New Heart English Bible
The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can humans do to me?

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do to me?

World English Bible
Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah is for me, I do not fear what man doth to me.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good
5In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free. 6The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? 7The LORD is on my side; He is my helper. Therefore I will look in triumph on those who hate me.…

Cross References
Romans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Hebrews 13:6
So we say with confidence: "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"

1 Samuel 23:17
saying, "Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true."

Job 19:27
I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!

Psalm 23:4
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 27:1
The LORD is my light and my salvation--whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life--whom shall I dread?

Psalm 56:4
In God, whose word I praise--in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?


Treasury of Scripture

The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do to me?

the Lord

Psalm 27:1-3
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? …

Psalm 46:1,11
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble…

Psalm 56:4,9,11
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me…

on my side.

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Psalm 118
1. An exhortation to praise God for his mercy
5. The psalmist by his experience shows how good it is to trust in God
19. Under the type of the psalmist the coming of Christ in his kingdom is expressed














(6) A reminiscence of Psalm 56:9-11.

Verse 6. - The Lord is on my side. "At this point the speaker transfers his point of view into the past; he is once more fear less in the midst of foes" (Cheyne). I will not fear (comp. Psalm 23:4; Psalm 27:1; Psalm 56:4, etc.). What can man do unto me? Man is powerless against God. "If God be for us [i.e. on our side], who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The LORD is
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

with me;
לִ֭י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

I will not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be afraid.
אִירָ֑א (’î·rā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

What
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

can man
אָדָֽם׃ (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

do
יַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה (ya·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

to me?
לִ֣י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew


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