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Psalm 108:10

Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

8Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is my helmet. Judah is my scepter.
9Moab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout over Philistia.”
10Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
11Haven’t you rejected us, God? You don’t go out, God, with our armies.
12Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.
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The fortified city makes the question of leadership urgent, as Israel faces war while struggling with the fear that God has rejected its armies.

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Where else Scripture says this

6 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Isaiah 63:1–6Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? Who is this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is …Both passages ask about someone in connection with Edom; Isaiah describes a figure who speaks in righteousness and is mighty to save.
1 Kings 11:15For when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck every male in EdomBoth name Edom in a military setting; Kings records Joab’s killing of every male there.
Psalm 20:6–8Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven, with the saving strength of his right hand.Psalm 108 seeks God’s help for battle; Psalm 20 expresses confidence in God’s saving strength for his anointed.
Obadiah 1:3–4The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, ‘Who will bring me down to …The fortified city and the high rock dwelling both appear within questions about who can overcome human defenses.
Jeremiah 49:7–16Of Edom, the LORD of Armies says: “Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?Both passages name Edom; the psalm asks who will lead there, while Jeremiah questions the wisdom of its counselors.
Psalm 60:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah, and Joab …Both psalms connect war involving Edom with a prayer that speaks of God’s rejection and seeks his help.
Where this verse fits

Feeling distant from God. fear for the future. leadership weight.

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Encouragement

The question about Edom remains unresolved here. In the surrounding prayer, Israel still turns to God for help, even while speaking of rejection and the limits of human strength.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).