What is the meaning of Psalm 60:11? Give Us Aid Psalm 60:11 opens with, “Give us aid….” This is an urgent, confident request, not a timid suggestion. David knows exactly where to turn. Other passages echo the same reflex: • “My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth” (Psalm 121:2). • “We wait for the LORD; He is our help and our shield” (Psalm 33:20). • King Asa prayed, “LORD, there is none besides You to help…” (2 Chronicles 14:11). Because God never lies or fails, asking Him for aid is the believer’s first and finest move. Against the Enemy The plea continues, “…against the enemy….” David had just returned from hard battles (see the historical note in Psalm 60’s title). Yet every generation of believers faces its own opponents: • Physical foes (2 Samuel 8:13–14 describes David’s wars). • Spiritual forces: “Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but…against the spiritual forces of evil” (Ephesians 6:12). • Personal temptations and trials (James 1:14–15). Whatever form the enemy takes, victory comes as we rely on God’s proven track record: “Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies” (Psalm 44:5). The Help of Man Is Worthless The verse ends, “…for the help of man is worthless.” Human resources are limited, unstable, and often misguided. Scripture repeatedly drives this home: • “It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man” (Psalm 118:8). • “Cursed is the man who trusts in man…” (Jeremiah 17:5). • “Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help… but do not look to the Holy One of Israel” (Isaiah 31:1). • Even a warhorse “is a vain hope for salvation” (Psalm 33:17). Depending on people alone leads to disappointment, but resting on God’s power leads to deliverance. summary Psalm 60:11 presses us to turn first and fully to God. We ask Him for aid, recognize real enemies, and refuse to lean on merely human solutions. Only the Lord’s intervention secures victory that lasts. |
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