עֶזְרָה

‘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 against the mighty.’

Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.

Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me?

…if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.

Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.

Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.

Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.

For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.

For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.

For the choirmaster. Of David. To bring remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me!

Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.

Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.

What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.

“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.

All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.

Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.