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the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Legacy Standard Bible
Psalms 108:12
Oh give us help against the adversary,For salvation by man is worthless.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Give us aid against the foe,for human help is worthless.
Give us aid against the foe,for human help is worthless.
Hebrew Names Version
Give us help against the enemy, For the help of man is vain.
Give us help against the enemy, For the help of man is vain.
King James Version
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
English Standard Version
Oh grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man!
Oh grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man!
New Century Version
Help us fight the enemy. Human help is useless,
Help us fight the enemy. Human help is useless,
New English Translation
Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.
Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.
Amplified Bible
Give us help against the adversary, For deliverance by man is in vain [a worthless hope].
Give us help against the adversary, For deliverance by man is in vain [a worthless hope].
New American Standard Bible
Give us help against the enemy, For deliverance by man is worthless.
Give us help against the enemy, For deliverance by man is worthless.
World English Bible
Give us help against the enemy, For the help of man is vain.
Give us help against the enemy, For the help of man is vain.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Giue vs helpe against trouble: for vaine is the helpe of man.
Giue vs helpe against trouble: for vaine is the helpe of man.
Berean Standard Bible
Give us aid against the foe, for the help of man is worthless.
Give us aid against the foe, for the help of man is worthless.
Contemporary English Version
Help us defeat our enemies! No one else can rescue us.
Help us defeat our enemies! No one else can rescue us.
Complete Jewish Bible
God, have you rejected us? You don't go out with our armies, God.
God, have you rejected us? You don't go out with our armies, God.
Darby Translation
Give us help from trouble; for vain is man's deliverance.
Give us help from trouble; for vain is man's deliverance.
Easy-to-Read Version
Help us defeat the enemy! No one on earth can rescue us.
Help us defeat the enemy! No one on earth can rescue us.
George Lamsa Translation
Give us strength against our enemies; for vain is the help of man.
Give us strength against our enemies; for vain is the help of man.
Good News Translation
Help us against the enemy; human help is worthless.
Help us against the enemy; human help is worthless.
Lexham English Bible
Give us help against the enemy, for the help of humankind is futile.
Give us help against the enemy, for the help of humankind is futile.
Literal Translation
Give help to us from distress; for the deliverance of man is vain.
Give help to us from distress; for the deliverance of man is vain.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O be thou or helpe in trouble, for vayne is the helpe of man.
O be thou or helpe in trouble, for vayne is the helpe of man.
American Standard Version
Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.
Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.
Bible in Basic English
Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in man.
Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in man.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hast not Thou cast us off, O God? and Thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts?
Hast not Thou cast us off, O God? and Thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts?
King James Version (1611)
Giue vs helpe from trouble: for vaine is the helpe of man.
Giue vs helpe from trouble: for vaine is the helpe of man.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Geue vs ayde against trouble: for the sauing helpe of man is but vayne.
Geue vs ayde against trouble: for the sauing helpe of man is but vayne.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Give us help from tribulation: for vain is the help of man.
Give us help from tribulation: for vain is the help of man.
English Revised Version
Give us help against the adversary: for vain is the help of man.
Give us help against the adversary: for vain is the help of man.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Yyue thou help to vs of tribulacioun; for the heelthe of man is veyn.
Yyue thou help to vs of tribulacioun; for the heelthe of man is veyn.
Update Bible Version
Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.
Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.
Webster's Bible Translation
Give us help from trouble: for vain [is] the help of man.
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.
Give us help from trouble, For the help of man is useless.
New Living Translation
Oh, please help us against our enemies, for all human help is useless.
Oh, please help us against our enemies, for all human help is useless.
New Life Bible
O give us help against those who hate us. For the help of man is worth nothing.
O give us help against those who hate us. For the help of man is worth nothing.
New Revised Standard
O grant us help against the foe, for human help is worthless.
O grant us help against the foe, for human help is worthless.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Grant us help out of distress, for, vain, is the deliverance of man:
Grant us help out of distress, for, vain, is the deliverance of man:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(107-13) O grant us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
(107-13) O grant us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Revised Standard Version
O grant us help against the foe, for vain is the help of man!
O grant us help against the foe, for vain is the help of man!
Young's Literal Translation
Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the salvation of man.
Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the salvation of man.
THE MESSAGE
Give us help for the hard task; human help is worthless. In God we'll do our very best; he'll flatten the opposition for good.
Give us help for the hard task; human help is worthless. In God we'll do our very best; he'll flatten the opposition for good.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Oh give us help against the adversary, For deliverance by man is in vain.
Oh give us help against the adversary, For deliverance by man is in vain.
Contextual Overview
6That Your beloved may be rescued,Save with Your right hand, and answer me! 7God has spoken in His holiness:"I will exult, I will portion out ShechemAnd measure out the valley of Succoth. 8Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine;Ephraim also is the helmet of My head;Judah is My scepter. 9Moab is My washbowl;Over Edom I shall throw My shoe;Over Philistia I will make a loud shout." 10Who will bring me into the well‑defended city?Who will lead me to Edom? 11Have You, O God, not rejected us?And will You, O God, not go forth with our armies? 12Oh give us help against the adversary,For salvation by man is worthless. 13Through God we shall do valiantly,And it is He who will tread down our adversaries.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Give: Psalms 20:1-9
for vain: Psalms 146:3-5, Job 9:13, Job 16:2, Isaiah 2:22, Isaiah 30:3-5, Isaiah 31:3, Jeremiah 17:5-8, Lamentations 4:17
Reciprocal: Psalms 9:9 - in times Psalms 60:11 - vain Mark 5:26 - nothing Luke 8:43 - had
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Give us help from trouble ... - This is copied from Psalms 60:11.
