Psalms 108:12
Give us help against the adversary, for vain is the help of man.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
In Context
11Have thou not cast us off, O God? And thou go not forth, O God, with our armies.
13Through God we shall do valiantly, for he it is who will tread down our adversaries.
Cross References
Job 9:13God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.
Psalms 20:1LORD answer thee in the day of trouble. The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high,
Isaiah 2:22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for how is he to be accounted of?
Isaiah 31:3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit. And when LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they shall all be consumed together.
Lamentations 4:17Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help. In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 108:7-13
Directions for Praising God. 6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me. 7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; 9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. 10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? 11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us… Read the whole commentary →