Psalms 108:12
May there be no one to assist him, nor anyone to be compassionate to his orphaned children.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
In Context
11May the money lenders scrutinize all his belongings, and let foreigners plunder his labors.
13May his posterity be in utter ruin. In one generation, may his name be wiped away.
Cross References
Job 9:13God, whose wrath no one is able to resist, and under whom they bend who carry the world,
Psalms 20:1Unto the end. A Psalm of David.
Isaiah 2:22Therefore, rest away from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he considers himself to be exalted.
Isaiah 31:3Egypt is man, and not God. And their horses are flesh, and not spirit. And so, the Lord will reach down his hand, and the helper will fall, and the one who was being helped will fall, and they will all be consumed together.
Lamentations 4:17AIN. While we were still standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively toward a nation that was not able to 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 →