Mazmur 60:11

60:11 Give us help against the enemy,

for any help men might offer is futile. ¹ 

Mazmur 108:12

108:12 Give us help against the enemy,

for any help men might offer is futile. ² 

Mazmur 144:8

144:8 who speak lies,

and make false promises. ³ 

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

[108:12]  ² tn Heb “and futile [is] the deliverance of man.”

[144:8]  ³ tn Heb “who [with] their mouth speak falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.” The reference to the “right hand” is probably a metonymy for an oath. When making an oath, one would raise the hand as a solemn gesture. See Exod 6:8; Num 14:30; Deut 32:40. The figure thus represents the making of false oaths (false promises).