¹² Give us aid against the enemy,
    for human help is worthless.^(A)

“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,^(A)
    who draws strength from mere flesh
    and whose heart turns away from the Lord.^(B)
6 That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;
    they will not see prosperity when it comes.
They will dwell in the parched places^(C) of the desert,
    in a salt^(D) land where no one lives.

⁷ “But blessed^(E) is the one who trusts^(F) in the Lord,
    whose confidence is in him.
⁸ They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.^(G)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought^(H)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”^(I)

¹⁷ Moreover, our eyes failed,
    looking in vain^(A) for help;^(B)
from our towers we watched
    for a nation^(C) that could not save us.

²² Stop trusting in mere humans,^(A)
    who have but a breath^(B) in their nostrils.
    Why hold them in esteem?^(C)

³ Do not put your trust in princes,^(A)
    in human beings,^(B) who cannot save.
⁴ When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;^(C)
    on that very day their plans come to nothing.^(D)
5 Blessed are those^(E) whose help^(F) is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God.

May the Lord grant all your requests.^(N)

⁶ Now this I know:
    The Lord gives victory to his anointed.^(O)
He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary
    with the victorious power of his right hand.^(P)
7 Some trust in chariots^(Q) and some in horses,^(R)
    but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.^(S)
8 They are brought to their knees and fall,^(T)
    but we rise up^(U) and stand firm.^(V)
9 Lord, give victory to the king!
    Answer us^(W) when we call!

² “I have heard many things like these;
    you are miserable comforters,^(A) all of you!^(B)