Psalms 60
1 O God thou have cast us off. Thou have broken us down. Thou have been angry. O restore us again.
[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 Thou have made the land to tremble. Thou have torn it. Heal the breaking of it, for it shakes.
[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 Thou have shown thy people hard things. Thou have made us to drink the wine of staggering.
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 Thou have given a banner to those who fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. (Selah)
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 That thy beloved ones may be delivered, save with thy right hand, and answer us.
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 God has spoken in his holiness. I will exult. I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
[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 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter.
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 my wash pot. Upon Edom I will cast my shoe. Philistia, shout thou because of me.
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 Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom?
[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 Have not thou, O God, cast us off? And thou go not forth, O God, with our armies.
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 Give us help against the adversary, for vain is the help of man.
[We need you to] help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless.
12 Through God we shall do valiantly, for he it is who will tread down our adversaries.
But with you [helping us], we shall win; you will enable us to defeat our enemies.
