Psalms 60:11
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
10Have not thou, O God, cast us off? And thou go not forth, O God, with our armies.
12Through God we shall do valiantly, for he it is who will tread down our adversaries.
Cross References
Psalms 62:1My soul waits in silence for God only. From him [is] my salvation.
Psalms 124:1If it had not been LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,
Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in rulers, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
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.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 60:7-12
Rejoicing in Hope. 6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; 8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me. 9 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? 10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies? 11 Give us… Read the whole commentary →