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Psalm 118:6 KJV
Psalms · chapter 118 · verse 6
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?Psalm 118:6 · King James Version
What Psalm 118:6 means
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. The order matters: the fear goes because of who is with him, not because the threat left. What can man do unto me is a real question with a real answer — plenty, and none of it final.
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Psalm 118:6 in context
4Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
5I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
6The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
7The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
8It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
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It appears here, as often as elsewhere, that David had his heart full of the goodness of God. He loved to think of it, loved to speak of it, and was very solicitous that God might have the praise of it and others the comfort of it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-18