give

Psalm 20:1
May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

for vain

Psalm 146:3-5
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save. . . .

Job 9:13
God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.

Job 16:2
"I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.

Isaiah 2:22
Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

Isaiah 30:3-6
But Pharaoh's protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt's shadow your disgrace. . . .

Isaiah 31:3
But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.

Jeremiah 17:5-8
This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD. . . .

Lamentations 4:17
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.