Psalms 108:12
10 Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?
Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
13 With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
- KJV
- Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
- WEB
- Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.
- ASV
- Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.
- DARBY
- Give us help from trouble; for vain is man's deliverance.
- BLB
- May You give to us help from adversity, and the salvation of man [is] emptiness.
- ÅB
- Gi oss hjelp mot fienden, for menneskehjelp er tomhet!
- OTB
- Gi oss hjelp mot fienden,
For redning ved mennesket er forgjeves. - B1930
- Gi oss hjelp mot fienden, for menneskehjelp er tomhet!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 17:5–8
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 146:3–5
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
Read in contextLamentations 4:17
All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.
Read in contextIsaiah 31:3
But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:22
Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
Read in contextIsaiah 30:3–5
But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
Read in contextPsalms 20:1–9
May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
Read in contextJob 16:2
“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
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