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Gill's Exposition
Give us help from trouble,.... To have trouble is the common lot of all men, but especially of the people of God. They have some troubles which others have not, arising from indwelling sin, Satan's…
Barnes' Notes
Give us help from trouble - From the troubles which have now come upon us and overwhelmed us. For vain is the help of man - Margin, salvation. The idea is, that they would look in vain to man to…
David is here rejoicing in hope and praying in hope; such are the triumphs of the saints, not so much upon the account of what they have in possession as of what they have in prospect (Psa 60:6): "God…
Cambridge Bible
Give us help from trouble Or, as R.V., Give us help against the adversary. Cp. Psa 60:60.
for vainis the help of man Lit. salvation. It is a delusion (cp. Psa 33:17) to look to human strength for…
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