Psalmen 60
1 Voor muziekbegeleiding; op de wijze: "De lelie der wet." Een punt- en leerdicht van David, toen, na zijn oorlog tegen Aram van Mesopotamië en Aram-Soba, Joab terugkeerde, en in het Zoutdal twaalfduizend Edomieten versloeg. O God, Gij hebt ons verstoten, Onze gelederen verbroken; Gij waart vertoornd, En hebt ons doen vluchten.
[I prayed], “God, you have rejected us [Israelis]! Because you have been angry [with us], you have [enabled our enemies] to break through our ranks. [Please] enable us to be strong again!
2 Gij hebt het land laten kraken en scheuren; Het stortte ineen, en ligt nu in puin.
[When we were defeated, it was as though] [MET] there was a big earthquake in our land that caused the ground to split open. So now, [just as only you can] cause the cracks in the land to disappear, [help our army to be strong again], because [it is as though] our country is (falling apart/being destroyed).
3 Gij hebt uw volk harde dingen doen slikken, En ons een koppige wijn laten drinken!
You have caused [us], your people, to suffer very much; [it is as though] you forced us to drink [strong] wine that caused us to stagger around [after we became drunk].
4 Maar voor uw vromen hadt Gij een banier opgericht, Om zich daar omheen te verzamelen tegen de boog;
But you have raised a battle flag for those who revere you in order that they can gather around it and not [be killed by the enemies’] arrows.
5 En om uw geliefden te redden, Strek uw rechterhand uit, en verhoor ons.
Answer our [prayers] and enable us by your power [MTY] to defeat [our enemies] in order that we, the people whom you love, will be saved.”
6 Bij zijn heiligheid heeft God beloofd: Juichend zal ik Sikem verdelen, En het dal van Soekkot meten;
[Then] God [answered my prayer and] spoke from his temple, saying, “Because I have conquered [your enemies], I will divide up [everything in] Shechem [city], and I will distribute it among my people [the land in] Succoth Valley.
7 Mij behoort Gilad, van mij is Manasse. Efraïm is de helm van mijn hoofd, Juda mijn schepter,
The Gilead [region] is mine; the [people of the tribe of] Manasseh are mine; [the tribe of] Ephraim is [like] my helmet [MET]; and [the tribe of] Judah is [like] the (scepter/stick [that I hold which shows that I am the ruler]) [MET];
8 Moab is mijn voetenbekken; Op Edom werp ik mijn schoeisel, Over Filistea hef ik mijn zegekreet aan.
but the Moab [region] is [like] my washbasin [MET]; I throw my sandal in the Edom [area to show that it belongs to me]; I shout triumphantly because I have defeated [the people of] the Philistia [area].”
9 Maar wie brengt mij nu binnen de vesting, Wie zal mij naar Edom geleiden:
[Because I want to defeat the people of] Edom, (who will lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it?/I want someone to lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it.)” [RHQ]
10 Moet Gij het niet zijn, die ons hebt verstoten, o God, En niet langer met onze heirscharen optrekt, o God?
So, God, we [desire/hope that] [RHQ] you have not truly abandoned us, and that you will go with us when our armies march out [to fight our enemies].
11 Ach, help ons dan tegen den vijand, Want hulp van mensen is ijdel;
[We need you to] help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless.
12 Maar met God zijn wij sterk, Hij zal onze verdrukkers vertrappen!
But with you [helping us], we shall win; you will enable us to defeat our enemies.
