Psalm 108:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

O grant us help against the foe, for vain is the help of man!

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Give us help from trouble: For vain is the help of man.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Give us help against the adversary, for vain is the help of man.

American Standard Version (1901)

Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.

Common English Bible

Give us help against the enemy— human help is worthless.

Catholic Public Domain Version

May there be no one to assist him, nor anyone to be compassionate to his orphaned children.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

May there be none to help him: nor none to pity his fatherless offspring.

Psalm 108:12 Cross References

Job 16:2

“I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all.

Job 9:13

“God will not turn back his anger; beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab.

Isaiah 2:22

Turn away from man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he?

Isaiah 31:3

The Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall, and they will all perish together.

Lamentations 4:17

Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; in our watching we watched for a nation which could not save.