Psalms 60:11
(60-13) 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
10(60-12) Hast not Thou, O God, cast us off? And Thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.
12(60-14) Through God we shall do valiantly; for He it is that will tread down our adversaries.
Cross References
Psalms 62:1(62-1) For the Leader; for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. (62-2) Only for God doth my soul wait in stillness; from Him cometh my salvation.
Psalms 124:1A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', let Israel now say;
Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, 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; 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.
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 →