Psalms 60

1 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.

For the end, for them that shall yet be changed; for an inscription by David for instruction, when he [had] burned 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.

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

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

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

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

4 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.

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

5 Save me with your right hand, and hear me.

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

6 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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