Psalms 60
1 For the music director. According to “Lily of the Testimony.” A psalm (miktam) of David, useful for teaching, about the time he fought against Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and then Joab returned and killed 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You, God, have rejected us! You have broken us; you have been angry with us; but now you have to welcome us back!
O God thou have cast us off. Thou have broken us down. Thou have been angry. O restore us again.
2 You have sent earthquakes on our land and split it apart. Now heal the cracks, for the land is still having tremors.
Thou have made the land to tremble. Thou have torn it. Heal the breaking of it, for it shakes.
3 You have been very hard on your people; you gave us wine that made us stagger around.
Thou have shown thy people hard things. Thou have made us to drink the wine of staggering.
4 But you have given those who respect you the banner of truth to unfurl and rally around. (Selah)
Thou have given a banner to those who fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. (Selah)
5 Rescue those you love! Answer us, and save us by your power!
That thy beloved ones may be delivered, save with thy right hand, and answer us.
6 God has spoken from his Temple: “Triumphantly I divide up Shechem, and portion out the Valley of Succoth.
God has spoken in his holiness. I will exult. I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
7 Both Gilead and Manasseh belong to me. Ephraim is my helmet, and Judah is my scepter.
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter.
8 I will treat Moab as my washbasin; I will place my sandal on Edom; I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”
Moab is my wash pot. Upon Edom I will cast my shoe. Philistia, shout thou because of me.
9 Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me into Edom?
Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom?
10 Have you rejected us, God? Won't you lead our armies?
Have not thou, O God, cast us off? And thou go not forth, O God, with our armies.
11 Please give us help against our enemies, for human help is worthless.
Give us help against the adversary, for vain is the help of man.
12 Our strength is in God, and he will crush our enemies.
Through God we shall do valiantly, for he it is who will tread down our adversaries.
