Psalms 108:12
Giue vs helpe against trouble: for vaine is the helpe of man.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
In Context
11Wilt not thou, O God, which haddest forsaken vs, and diddest not goe foorth, O God, with our armies?
13Through God we shall doe valiantly: for he shall treade downe our enemies.
Cross References
Job 9:13God will not withdrawe his anger, and the most mightie helpes doe stoupe vnder him.
Psalms 20:1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. The Lord heare thee in the day of trouble: the name of ye God of Iaakob defend thee:
Isaiah 2:22Cease you from the man whose breath is in his nostrels: for wherein is he to be esteemed?
Isaiah 31:3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh and not spirite: and when the Lord shall stretch out his hand, the helper shall fall, and hee that is holpen shall fall, and they shall altogether faile.
Lamentations 4:17Whiles we waited for our vaine helpe, our eyes failed: for in our waiting we looked for a nation that could not saue vs.
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 →