Psalms 60

1 For the end, for them that shall yet be changed; for an inscription by David for instruction, when he [had] burnt Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syria Sobal, and Joab [had] returned and struck [in] the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, you have rejected and destroyed us; you have been angry, yet have pitied us.

[For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant." A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.] God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again.

2 You have shaken the earth, and troubled it; heal its breaches, for it has been shaken.

You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes.

3 You have shown your people hard things: you has made us drink the wine of astonishment.

You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.

4 You have given a token to them that fear you, that they might flee from the bow. (Pause)

You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. (Selah)

5 That your beloved ones may be delivered; save with your right hand, and hear me.

So that your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand and answer me.

6 God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, and divide Sicima, and measure out the valley of tents.

God has spoken from his sanctuary: "I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the Valley of Succoth.

7 Galaad is mine, and Manasse is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head;

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter.

8 Judas is my king; Moab is the cauldron of my hope; over Idumea will I stretch out my shoe; the Philistines have been subjected to me.

Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my shoe on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia."

9 Who will lead me into the fortified city? who will guide me as far a Idumea?

Who will bring me into the strong city? Who will lead me to Edom?

10 Will not you, O God, who have cast us off? and will not you, O God, go forth with our forces?

Haven't you, God, rejected us? You do not go out with our armies, God.

11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the deliverance of man.

Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain.

12 In God will we do valiantly; and he shall bring to nothing them that harass us.

Through God we shall do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.