Psalms 108:12
Let him have no helper; neither let there be any one to have compassion on his fatherless children. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
In Context
11Let his creditor exact all that belongs to him: and let strangers spoil his labors. 1
13Let his children be given up to utter destruction: in one generation let his name be blotted out. 1
Cross References
Job 9:13For if he has turned away his anger, the whales under heaven have stooped under him.
Psalms 20:1O Lord, the king shall rejoice in your strength; and in your salvation he shall greatly exult. 1
Isaiah 31:3even an Egyptian, a man, and not God; the flesh of horses, and there is no help in them: but the Lord shall bring his hand upon them, and the helpers shall fail, and all shall perish together.
Lamentations 4:17PHE. While we yet lived our eyes failed, while we looked in vain for our help. TSADE. We looked to 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 →