Mazmur 60:11-12

60:11 Give us help against the enemy,

for any help men might offer is futile. ¹ 

60:12 By God’s power we will conquer; ² 

he will trample down ³  our enemies.

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

[60:12]  ² tn Heb “in God we will accomplish strength.” The statement refers here to military success (see Num 24:18; 1 Sam 14:48; Pss 108:13; 118:15-16).

[60:12]  ³ sn Trample down. On this expression see Ps 44:5.