Oh, grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man!
Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
Oh grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man!
And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
A Song of Ascents. Of David. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side— let Israel now say— if it had not been the Lord who was on our side when people rose up against us, then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
The Egyptians are man, and not God, and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall, and they will all perish together.
Egypt's help is worthless and empty; therefore I have called her “Rahab who sits still.”
To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
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