Psalms 108:12 KJV
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Matthew Henry
- Psalms 108:1–13We may usefully select passages from different psalms, as here, Ps 57; 60, to help our devotions, and enliven our gratitude. When the heart is firm in faith...
Thompson Chains
- Divine HelperSee the chain from Deuteronomy 33:29 · 12 links
- Trust in ManSee the chain from Psalms 118:9 · 8 links
Cross References
- Psalms 20:1–9 <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; …
- Isaiah 2:22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
- Isaiah 30:3–5 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. …
- Isaiah 31:3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
- Jeremiah 17:5–8 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. …
- Lamentations 4:17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
- 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.
- Psalms 146:3–5 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. …
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Topics
- Afflictions and adversities Prayer in
- Confidence False
- Faith Exemplified
- Praise For God’s goodness to individuals
- Psalms For God’s Mercies to Individuals
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Give הָבָה hābâ יָהַב Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular
- us help לָּנוּ lānû Preposition · with suffix: first person common plural עֶזְרָת ʿezrāt עֶזְרָה Noun · feminine singular construct
- from trouble מִצָּר miṣṣār צַר Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
- for vain וְשָׁוְא wĕšowʾ שָׁוְא Noun · masculine singular · with and
- the help תְּשׁוּעַת tĕšûʿat תְּשׁוּעָה Noun · feminine singular construct
- of man אָדָם ʾādām אָדָם Noun · masculine singular
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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