Psalms 60:11
9 Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
10 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.
12 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 adversary, 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
- Give to us help against the enemy—for empty [is] the help of man!
- ÅB
- Gi oss hjelp mot fienden, for menneskehjelp er tomhet!
- OTB
- Gi oss hjelp mot fienden,
for redning ved menneske er verdiløs. - B1930
- Gi oss hjelp mot fienden, for menneskehjelp er tomhet!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
Read in contextPsalms 108:12
Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
Read in contextPsalms 130:8
And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.
Read in contextPsalms 124:1–3
If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—
Read in contextIsaiah 30:7
Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
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 contextPsalms 62:1
In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.
Read in contextPsalms 25:22
Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress.
Read in context