Mazmur 60:11

60:11 Give us help against the enemy,

for any help men might offer is futile. ¹ 

Mazmur 78:60

78:60 He abandoned ²  the sanctuary at Shiloh,

the tent where he lived among men.

Mazmur 82:7

82:7 Yet you will die like mortals; ³ 

you will fall like all the other rulers.” ⁴ 

Mazmur 108:12

108:12 Give us help against the enemy,

for any help men might offer is futile. ⁵ 

Mazmur 135:8

135:8 He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,

including both men and animals.

[60:11]  ¹ tn Heb “and futile [is] the deliverance of man.”

[78:60]  ² tn Or “rejected.”

[82:7]  ³ tn Heb “men.” The point in the context is mortality, however, not maleness.

[82:7]  sn You will die like mortals. For the concept of a god losing immortality and dying, see Isa 14:12-15, which alludes to a pagan myth in which the petty god “Shining One, son of the Dawn,” is hurled into Sheol for his hubris.

[82:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “like one of the rulers.” The comparison does not necessarily imply that they are not rulers. The expression “like one of” can sometimes mean “as one of” (Gen 49:16; Obad 11) or “as any other of” (Judg 16:7, 11).

[108:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “and futile [is] the deliverance of man.”