Psalms 108:12
Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the salvation of man.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
In Context
11Hast not Thou, O God, cast us off? And Thou goest not out, O God, with our hosts!
13In God we do mightily, And He doth tread down our adversaries!
Cross References
Job 9:13God doth not turn back His anger, Under Him bowed have proud helpers.
Psalms 20:1To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Jehovah doth answer thee, In a day of adversity, The name of the God of Jacob doth set thee on high,
Isaiah 2:22Cease for you from man, Whose breath [is] in his nostrils, For — in what is he esteemed?
Isaiah 31:3And the Egyptians [are men], and not God, And their horses [are] flesh, and not spirit, And Jehovah stretcheth out His hand, And stumbled hath the helper, And fallen hath the helped one, And together all of them are consumed.
Lamentations 4:17While we exist — consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation [that] saveth not.
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 →