Psalms 60

1 To the chief Musician. On Shushan. Testimony. Michtam of David; to teach: when he strove with the Syrians of Mesopotamia, and the Syrians of Zobah, and Joab returned, and smote the Edomites in the valley of salt, twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased: restore us again.

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 Thou hast made the earth to tremble, thou hast rent it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

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

3 Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us to drink the wine of bewilderment.

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

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

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

That your beloved ones may be delivered; save 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 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 law-giver;

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

8 Moab is my wash-pot; upon Edom will I cast my sandal; Philistia, shout aloud because of me.

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 bring me into the strong city? who will lead me unto Edom?

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

10 [Wilt] not thou, O God, who didst cast us off? and didst not go forth, O God, 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 Give us help from trouble; for vain is man's deliverance.

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

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

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