Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Give us aid against the enemy, for human help is worthless. New Living Translation Oh, please help us against our enemies, for all human help is useless. English Standard Version Oh grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man! Berean Standard Bible Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless. King James Bible Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. New King James Version Give us help from trouble, For the help of man is useless. New American Standard Bible Give us help against the enemy, For deliverance by man is worthless. NASB 1995 Oh give us help against the adversary, For deliverance by man is in vain. NASB 1977 Oh give us help against the adversary, For deliverance by man is in vain. Legacy Standard Bible Oh give us help against the adversary, For salvation by man is worthless. Amplified Bible Give us help against the adversary, For deliverance by man is in vain [a worthless hope]. Christian Standard Bible Give us aid against the foe, for human help is worthless. Holman Christian Standard Bible Give us aid against the foe, for human help is worthless. American Standard Version Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man. Contemporary English Version Help us defeat our enemies! No one else can rescue us. English Revised Version Give us help against the adversary: for vain is the help of man. GOD'S WORD® Translation Give us help against the enemy because human assistance is worthless. Good News Translation Help us against the enemy; human help is worthless. International Standard Version Give us help against the enemy, because human help is useless. Majority Standard Bible Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless. NET Bible Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile. New Heart English Bible Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain. Webster's Bible Translation Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. World English Bible Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionGive to us help from adversity, "" And the salvation of man is vain. Young's Literal Translation Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the salvation of man. Smith's Literal Translation Give to us help from straits: and vain the salvation of man. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleO grant us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Give us aid against the foe; worthless is human help. New Revised Standard Version O grant us help against the foe, for human help is worthless. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleGive us strength against our enemies; for vain is the help of man. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Give us help against our enemies, because the salvation of man is worthless. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man. Brenton Septuagint Translation Give us help from tribulation: for vain is the help of man. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Israel's Kingdom Blessing…11Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies? 12Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless. 13With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.… Cross References Psalm 60:11 Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless. Isaiah 31:1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD. Jeremiah 17:5 This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD. Hosea 5:13 When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound. 2 Chronicles 32:8 With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. Isaiah 2:22 Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he? Psalm 146:3 Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save. Isaiah 30:1-3 “Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. / They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade. / But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace. Jeremiah 2:36-37 How impulsive you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria. / Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.” 2 Kings 18:21 Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. Isaiah 20:5-6 Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed. / And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’” Matthew 15:9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’” John 15:5 I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing. Romans 8:31 What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 2 Corinthians 1:9 Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. Treasury of Scripture Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. give Psalm 20:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; for vain Psalm 146:3-5 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help… Job 9:13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. Job 16:2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. Jump to Previous Adversary Adversity Aid Deliverance Enemy Foe Grant Help Salvation Trouble Vain WorthlessJump to Next Adversary Adversity Aid Deliverance Enemy Foe Grant Help Salvation Trouble Vain WorthlessPsalm 108 1. David encourages himself to praise God5. He prays for God's assistance according to his promise 11. His confidence in God's help Give us aid The phrase "Give us aid" is a plea for divine assistance, reflecting a deep reliance on God rather than human strength. The Hebrew root for "aid" is "עֶזְרָה" (ezrah), which signifies help or support. This word is often used in the context of God providing assistance to His people, emphasizing that true help comes from the Lord. In the historical context of Israel, this plea would resonate with the many times God delivered them from their adversaries, reinforcing the belief that divine intervention is superior to any human effort. against the enemy for the help of man is worthless Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Giveהָֽבָה־ (hā·ḇāh-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 3051: To give, to put, imperatively, come us לָּ֣נוּ (lā·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew aid עֶזְרָ֣ת (‘ez·rāṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 5833: Help, helper, assistance against the foe, מִצָּ֑ר (miṣ·ṣār) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent for the help תְּשׁוּעַ֥ת (tə·šū·‘aṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8668: Deliverance, salvation of man אָדָֽם׃ (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being is worthless. וְ֝שָׁ֗וְא (wə·šāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7723: Evil, idolatry, uselessness Links Psalm 108:12 NIVPsalm 108:12 NLT Psalm 108:12 ESV Psalm 108:12 NASB Psalm 108:12 KJV Psalm 108:12 BibleApps.com Psalm 108:12 Biblia Paralela Psalm 108:12 Chinese Bible Psalm 108:12 French Bible Psalm 108:12 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 108:12 Give us help against the enemy (Psalm Ps Psa.) |