Psalms 60:11
Give us thine aid in our distress, For vain is the help of man!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
In Context
10Wilt not thou, O God! who didst forsake us, And didst not go forth with our armies?
12Through God we shall do valiantly; For he will tread down our enemies.
Cross References
Psalms 62:1“For the leader of the music of the Jeduthunites, A psalm of David.” Truly my soul resteth on God alone; From him cometh my deliverance!
Psalms 124:1“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up. By David.” If the LORD had not been for us, Now may Israel say,
Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, In the son of man, in whom is no help!
Isaiah 31:3The Egyptians are men, and not God, And their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When Jehovah shall stretch forth his hand, Then shall the helper fall, and the helped be overthrown; And they shall all 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 →