Psalms 108:12
(108-13) Give us help against the adversary; for vain is the help of man.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
In Context
11(108-12) Hast not Thou cast us off, O God? and Thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts?
13(108-14) Through God we shall do valiantly; for He it is that will tread down our adversaries.
Cross References
Job 9:13God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.
Psalms 20:1(20-1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David. (20-2) The LORD 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, in whose nostrils is a breath; for how little is he to be accounted!
Isaiah 31:3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit; so when the LORD shall stretch out His hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall perish together.
Lamentations 4:17As for us, our eyes do yet fail 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 →