Psalm 108

Psalms · Chapter 108

Psalms 108:12

1O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.2Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.3I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.4For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;6That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.7God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.8Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;9Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.10Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?11Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?12Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.13Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
12Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.

In context

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
give !הָֽבָה־ha-vah-H3051
to give

יָהַב (ya.hav) 1) to give, provide, ascribe, come 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give 1a2) to set, place 1a3) to provide (with reflexive) 1a4) to ascribe (glory) 1a5) to grant, permit, come now Aramaic equivalent: ye.hav (יְהַב "to give" H3052)

helpעֶזְרָ֣ת'ez-RATH5833
help

עֶזְרָה (ez.rah) 1) help, succour, assistance 1a) help, succour 1b) one who helps

from [the] foeמִצָּ֑רmi-TZARH6862C
enemy

צַר (tsar) adversary, foe, enemy, oppressor

and [is] worthlessnessוְ֝שָׁ֗וְאve-SHAV'H7723H
vanity: false

שָׁוְא (shav) : false 1) emptiness, vanity, falsehood 1a) emptiness, nothingness, vanity 1b) emptiness of speech, lying 1c) worthlessness (of conduct) Also means: shav (שָׁוְא ": vain" H7723H)

[the] deliverance ofתְּשׁוּעַ֥תte-shu-'ATH8668G
deliverance: salvation

תְּשׁוּעָה (te.shu.ah) : salvation 1) salvation, deliverance 1a) deliverance (usually by God through human agency) 1b) salvation (spiritual in sense) Also means: te.shu.ah (תְּשׁוּעָה ": victory" H8668H)

humankindאָדָֽם׃'a-DAMH0120G
man

אָדָם (a.dam) 1) man, mankind 1a) man, human being 1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT) 1c) Adam, first man 1d) city in Jordan valley

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.