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Psalm 60:11

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

9Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom?
10Haven’t you, God, rejected us? You don’t go out with our armies, God.
11Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain.
12Through God we will do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.
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Notice

“Give us help” is a battlefield plea from people who feel God has rejected them, exposing how little security human strength offers without him.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 146:3Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.Both passages challenge trust in human help, with Psalm 146 naming princes among those who cannot provide it.
Psalm 20:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,Both prayers seek God’s help amid danger, one against an adversary and the other in the day of trouble.
Psalm 108:12Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.Both verses ask God for help against an enemy and give the same reason: human help is vain.
Isaiah 33:2LORD, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.Both prayers turn to God for help in trouble, with Isaiah also asking for strength every morning.
Isaiah 30:7For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore I have called her Rahab who sits still.Both texts describe human help as vain, with Isaiah naming Egypt as the source of that failed help.
Psalm 130:8He will redeem Israel from all their sins.Both passages look to God for rescue, though Psalm 60 names an adversary and Psalm 130 names Israel’s sins.
Isaiah 31:3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he …Both texts expose the limits of human help; Isaiah describes both helper and helped falling when God acts against them.
2 Kings 6:27He said, “If the LORD doesn’t help you, where could I get help for you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”Both texts confront the limits of human help when the help needed must come from God.
Where this verse fits

Fear for the future. feeling distant from God.

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Encouragement

You do not have to hide a sense of abandonment before asking God for help. In this battle prayer, dependence on God survives the complaint of rejection.

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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).