Psalms 60:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 146:3 : 3 Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Isa 30:7 : 7 For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still.
Isa 31:3 : 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Jehovah shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.
Ps 25:22 : 22 Redeem Israel, O God, Out all of his troubles.
Ps 62:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; after the manner of Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. My soul waiteth in silence for God only: From him [cometh] my salvation.
Ps 108:12 : 12 Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.
Ps 124:1-3 : 1 A Song of Ascents; of David. If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say, 2 If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, When men rose up against us; 3 Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;
Ps 130:8 : 8 And he will redeem Israel From all his iniquities.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 108:11-13
3 verses
95%
11Hast not thou cast us off, O God? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.
12Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.
13Through God we shall do valiantly: For he it is that will tread down our adversaries.
Ps 60:12
79%
12Through God we shall do valiantly; For he it is that will tread down our adversaries.
Ps 60:10
77%
10Hast not thou, O God, cast us off? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.
Ps 46:1
75%
1For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
Ps 12:1
75%
1For the Chief Musician; set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, Jehovah; For the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2 Chr 14:11
75%
11And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, there is none besides thee to help, between the mighty and him that hath no strength: help us, O Jehovah our God; for we rely on thee, and in thy name are we come against this multitude. O Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
Lam 4:17
75%
17Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
Ps 22:11
74%
11Be not far from me; For trouble is near; For there is none to help.
Heb 13:6
73%
6So that with good courage we say, The Lord is my helper; {G2532} I will not fear: What shall man do unto me?
Jer 3:23
72%
23Truly in vain is [the help that is looked for] from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.
Ps 79:9
72%
9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.
Ps 124:8
72%
8Our help is in the name of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.
Ps 60:1
72%
1For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand. O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.
Ps 118:13
71%
13Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me.
Ps 121:1-2
2 verses
71%
1A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?
2My help [cometh] from Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.
Ps 70:1
71%
1For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David; to bring to remembrance. [Make haste], O God, to deliver me; Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
Ps 44:26
71%
26Rise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness' sake.
2 Chr 20:11-12
2 verses
71%
11behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
12O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
Ps 146:3
71%
3Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Ps 3:2
71%
2Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. {H5542}
Ps 44:9-10
2 verses
71%
9But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.
10Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
Isa 33:2
71%
2O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
Ps 109:26
71%
26Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:
Ps 118:6
71%
6Jehovah is on my side; I will not fear: What can man do unto me?
Ps 44:6
70%
6For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.
Job 6:13
70%
13Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?
Ps 71:11-12
2 verses
70%
11Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; For there is none to deliver.
12O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.
Ps 30:10
70%
10Hear, O Jehovah, and have mercy upon me: Jehovah, be thou my helper.
Ps 40:13
70%
13Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me: Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
Ps 118:8
70%
8It is better to take refuge in Jehovah Than to put confidence in man.
Ps 80:18
70%
18So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name.
Ps 33:16-17
2 verses
70%
16There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
17A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.
Ps 59:1
70%
1For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me.
Jer 16:19
70%
19O Jehovah, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nought but lies, [even] vanity and things wherein there is no profit.
Ps 124:2
70%
2If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, When men rose up against us;
Ps 56:11
70%
11In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?
Ps 43:2
70%
2For thou art the God of my strength; Why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Ps 54:4
70%
4Behold, God is my helper: The Lord is of them that uphold my soul.
Lam 5:8
70%
8Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.
1 Chr 16:35
70%
35And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us together and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise.
Ps 123:3
70%
3Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Ps 144:11
69%
11Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of {H5236} aliens, Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Ps 80:2
69%
2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us.