Psalms 108:12
Give us aid against the enemy,
What it says
He asks for help against the enemy, confessing that human salvation is vain.
What it is doing
This verse strips away confidence in merely human aid.
In context
1A song. A Psalm of David. 2Awake, O harp and lyre! 3I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; 4For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, 5Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; 6Respond and save us with Your right hand, 7God has spoken from His sanctuary: 8Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; 9Moab is My washbasin; 10Who will bring me to the fortified city? 11Have You not rejected us, O God? 12Give us aid against the enemy, 13With God we will perform with valor,