Psalms 108:12
Give us help from trouble; for vain is man's deliverance.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
In Context
11[Wilt] not [thou], O God, who didst cast us off? and didst not go forth, O God, with our armies?
13Through God we shall do valiantly; and he it is that will tread down our adversaries.
Cross References
Job 9:13God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him:
Psalms 20:1{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah answer thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob protect thee;
Isaiah 2:22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for what account is to be made of him?
Isaiah 31:3And the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit; and Jehovah shall stretch forth his hand, and he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall perish together.
Lamentations 4:17Our eyes still failed for our vain help; in our watching, we have watched for a nation that did 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 →