Psalms 60

1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand. O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.

Unto the end. For those who will be changed, with the inscription of a title, of David himself, for instruction: when he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal, and Joab turned back and struck Idumea, in the valley of the salt pits, twelve thousand men. O God, you have rejected us, and you have ruined us. You became angry, and yet you have been merciful to us.

2 Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it: Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

You have moved the earth, and you have disturbed it. Heal its breaches, for it has been moved.

3 Thou hast showed thy people hard things: Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.

You have revealed to your people difficulties. You have made us drink the wine of remorse.

4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, That it may be displayed because of the truth. (Selah)

You have given a warning sign to those who fear you, so that they may flee from before the face of the bow, so that your beloved may be delivered.

5 That thy beloved may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and answer us.

Save me with your right hand, and hear me.

6 God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

God has spoken in his holy place: I will rejoice, and I will divide Shechem, and I will measure the steep valley of the tabernacles.

7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. And Ephraim is the strength of my head. Judah is my king.

8 Moab is my washpot; Upon Edom will I cast my shoe: Philistia, shout thou because of me.

Moab is the cooking pot of my hope. Into Idumea, I will extend my shoe. To me, the foreigners have been made subject.

9 Who will bring me into the strong city? Who hath led me unto Edom?

Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will lead me all the way to Idumea?

10 Hast not thou, O God, cast us off? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.

Will not you, O God, who has rejected us? And will not you, O God, go out with our armies?

11 Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.

Grant us help from tribulation. For salvation from man is empty.

12 Through God we shall do valiantly; For he it is that will tread down our adversaries.

In God, we will act virtuously. And those who trouble us, he will lead to nothing.