Psalms 60:11
Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
BSB
ASV
Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.
KJV
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 20:1 (379)
Therefore, let the church of God be saluted and let it be taught to say what we were just saying: "Give us help from trouble; for the help of people is worthless." So, perhaps, the meaning of the psalm does not at all permit us to allege weakness, if indeed affliction is a patron of help and not an occasion of infirmity.
Give us help from trouble. Help us to overcome the disasters of civil strife and foreign invasion; save us from further incursions from without and division within. Do thou, O Lord, work this deliverance, for vain is the help of man. We have painfully learned the utter impotence of armies, kings, and nations without thine help. Our banners trailed in the mire have proven our weakness without thee, but yonder standard borne aloft before us shall witness to our valour now that thou hast come to our rescue.
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Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
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Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
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It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
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But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish…
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This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
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Isaiah 30:7Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
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It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of…
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Psalms 108:12Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
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This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.