Lexicon :: Strong's G996 - boētheia

“Curse Meroz,” says the angel of the LORD,

“Bitterly curse her inhabitants,

for they did not come to help the LORD,

to help the LORD with the warriors.”

“You must not go! ” the people pleaded. “If we have to flee, they will not pay any attention to us. Even if half of us die, they will not pay any attention to us because you are worth[fn] ten thousand of us. Therefore, it is better if you support us from the city.”

Other Benjaminites and men from Judah also went to David at the stronghold.

Although Ahaz plundered the LORD’s temple and the palace of the king and of the rulers and gave the plunder to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.

“If you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will come to the Jewish people from another place, but you and your father’s family will be destroyed. Who knows, perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.”

Since I cannot help myself,

the hope for success has been banished from me.

if I ever cast my vote[fn] against a fatherless child

when I saw that I had support in the city gate,

My shield is with God,

who saves the upright in heart.

May he send you help from the sanctuary

and sustain you from Zion.

But you, LORD, don’t be far away.

My strength, come quickly to help me.

Take your shields ​— ​large and small —

and come to my aid.

Hurry to help me,

my Lord, my salvation.

Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;

Death will shepherd them.

The upright will rule over them in the morning,

and their form will waste away in Sheol,[fn]

far from their lofty abode.

Give us aid against the foe,

for human help is worthless.

My salvation and glory depend on God, my strong rock.

My refuge is in God.

God, hurry to rescue me.

LORD, hurry to help me!

God, do not be far from me;

my God, hurry to help me.

You once spoke in a vision to your faithful ones

and said, “I have granted help to a warrior;

I have exalted one chosen[fn] from the people.

You have also turned back his sharp sword

and have not let him stand in battle.

The one who lives under the protection of the Most High

dwells in the shadow of the Almighty.

Give us aid against the foe,

for human help is worthless.

I lift my eyes toward the mountains.

Where will my help come from?

Our help is in the name of the LORD,

the Maker of heaven and earth.

A horse is prepared for the day of battle,

but victory comes from the LORD.

for you should wage war with sound guidance —

victory comes with many counselors.

When the righteous triumph,

there is great rejoicing,[fn]

but when the wicked come to power,

people hide.

Go to God’s instruction and testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.

“And the inhabitants of this coastland will say on that day, ‘Look, this is what has happened to those we relied on and fled to for help to rescue us from the king of Assyria! Now, how will we escape? ’ ”

everyone will be ashamed

because of a people who can’t help.

They are of no benefit, they are no help;

they are good for nothing but shame and disgrace.

And every stroke of the appointed[fn] staff

that the LORD brings down on him

will be to the sound of tambourines and lyres;

he will fight against him with brandished weapons.

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help

and who depend on horses!

They trust in the abundance of chariots

and in the large number of horsemen.

They do not look to the Holy One of Israel,

and they do not seek the LORD.

Egyptians are men, not God;

their horses are flesh, not spirit.

When the LORD raises his hand to strike,

the helper will stumble

and the one who is helped will fall;

both will perish together.

“This is what they are to you —

those who have wearied you

and have traded with you from your youth —

each wanders on his own way;

no one can save you.

LORD, my strength and my stronghold,

my refuge in a time of distress,

the nations will come to you

from the ends of the earth, and they will say,

“Our ancestors inherited only lies,

worthless idols of no benefit at all.”

“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: This is what you will say to Judah’s king, who is sending you to inquire of me: ‘Watch: Pharaoh’s army, which has come out to help you, is going to return to its own land of Egypt.

on account of the day that is coming

to destroy all the Philistines,

to cut off from Tyre and Sidon

every remaining ally.

Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines,

the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.[fn]

You came near whenever I called you;

you said, “Do not be afraid.”

All the while our eyes were failing

as we looked in vain for help;

we watched from our towers

for a nation that would not save us.

“When they fall, they will be helped by some, but many others will join them insincerely.