Lexicon :: Strong's H5833 - ʿezrâ

‘Curse [fn]Meroz,’ said the messenger of the LORD,

‘Utterly curse its inhabitants;

Because they did not come to the help of the LORD,

To the help of the LORD against the mighty.’

“Is it that I have no help within myself,

And that success and wisdom have been driven from me?

If I have lifted my hand against the orphan,

Because I saw [that the judges would be] my help at the [council] gate,

But You, O LORD, do not be far from me;

O You my help, come quickly to my assistance.

Do not hide Your face from me,

Do not turn Your servant away in anger;

You have been my help;

Do not abandon me nor [fn]leave me,

O God of my salvation!

Take hold of shield and buckler ([fn]small shield),

And stand up for my help.

Make haste to help me,

O Lord, my Salvation.

Be pleased, O LORD, to save me;

O LORD, make haste to help me.

Even though I am afflicted and needy,

Still the Lord takes thought and is mindful of me.

You are my help and my rescuer.

O my God, do not delay.

Rise up! Come be our help,

And ransom us for the sake of Your steadfast love.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, set to soprano voices. A Song.

God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable],

A very present and well-proved help in trouble.

Give us help against the enemy,

For the help of man is worthless (ineffectual, without purpose).

For You have been my help,

And in the shadow of Your wings [where I am always protected] I sing for joy.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.

O God, come quickly to save me;

O LORD, come quickly to help me!

O God, do not be far from me;

O my God, come quickly to help me!

If the LORD had not been my help,

I would soon have dwelt in [the land of] silence.

Give us help against the adversary,

For deliverance by man is in vain [a worthless hope].

Now what will you do in the day of [God’s] punishment,

And in the storm of devastation which will come from far away?

To whom will you flee for help?

And where will you leave your wealth [for safekeeping]?

Woe (judgment is coming) to those who go down to Egypt for help,

Who rely on horses

And trust in chariots because they are many,

And in horsemen because they are very strong,

But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek and consult the LORD!

[And as for us,] yet our eyes failed,

Looking in vain for help.

Watching [from the towers] we watched

For a nation that could not save.

Ethiopia was her strength,

And Egypt too, without limits.

[fn]Put and Lubim were among her helpers.