Psalms 108:12
(108:13) Give us help against the assailant; for vain is the help of man.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
In Context
13(108:14) Through God shall we do valiantly; for he it is that will tread down our adversaries.
Cross References
Job 9:13God will not withdraw his anger: beneath him sink down the helpers of the proud.
Psalms 20:1“To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” (20:2) May the Lord answer thee on the day of distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect thee;
Isaiah 2:22Withdraw yourselves [then] from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; because, for what is he to be esteemed?
Isaiah 31:3But the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit; and the Lord will stretch out his hand, and there shall stumble the helper, and he that is helped shall fall down, and they all shall perish together.
Lamentations 4:17Even now our eyes anxiously wait for our valueless help: in our waiting have we waited for a nation that cannot help.
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 →