Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, January 19th, 2025
Second Sunday after Epiphany
Second Sunday after Epiphany
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King James Version
Psalms 108:12
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
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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!
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.
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.
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.
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].
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Darby Translation
Give us help from trouble; for vain is man's deliverance.
Give us help from trouble; for vain is man's deliverance.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Legacy Standard Bible
Oh give us help against the adversary,For salvation by man is worthless.
Oh give us help against the adversary,For salvation by man is worthless.
Contextual Overview
6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me. 7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; 9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. 10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? 11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? 12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. 13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
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.
