Psalm 60:11
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
Oh give us help against the enemy, For rescue by man is worthless.

NASB 1995
O give us help against the adversary, For deliverance by man is in vain.

NASB 1977
O 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 enemy, For the help of man is worthless (ineffectual, without purpose).

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Give us help against our enemies, because the salvation of man is false.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the deliverance of man.

Contemporary English Version
Help us defeat our enemies! No one else can rescue us.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the salvation of man.

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
Help us in our distress, for human help is worthless.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.

Literal Standard Version
Give to us help from adversity, | And the deliverance of man [is] vain.

Majority Standard Bible
Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.

New American Bible
Give us aid against the foe; worthless is human help.

NET Bible
Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.

New Revised Standard Version
O grant us help against the foe, for human help is worthless.

New Heart English Bible
Give us help against the adversary, 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 adversary, for the help of man is vain.

Young's Literal Translation
Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the deliverance of man.

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Context
Victory Through God
10Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies? 11Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless. 12With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.…

Cross References
Psalm 33:16
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

Psalm 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.


Treasury of Scripture

Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

Give

Psalm 25:22
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

Psalm 130:8
And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

vain

Psalm 108:12
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

Psalm 124:1-3
A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; …

Psalm 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

help [heb.

Psalm 62:1
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

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Psalm 60
1. David, complaining to God of former judgment
4. now upon better hope, prays for deliverance
6. Comforting himself in God's promises, he craves that help whereon he trusts














Verse 11. - Give us help from trouble. Faith combats doubt, and, overcoming it, finds an utterance - "Give us help now, whatever thou hast done in the past." Our trouble is great. "Help us from it." For vain is the help of man. We have, therefore, no hope but in thee.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Give
הָֽבָה־ (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 enemy,
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
אָדָם׃‪‬ (’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


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