“Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
Have you not rejected us?
O God!
You do not go out
With our armies!
O God!
O grant us help against the foe!
Human help is worthless!
With God
We shall do valiantly.
It is he
Who will tread down our foes.”
This psalm ends with a call to God for help to continue their battles. They realized that they could not succeed without God’s help, especially against fortified cities and Edom. If God does not go out with their armies, they will not win because human help was worthless. With God, they will fight valiantly so that they can smash their foes.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 