Psalms 60

1 O God, you have cast us off, you have scattered us, you have been displeased; O turn yourself to us again.

For the leader. On shushan eduth. A michtam of David (for teaching), when he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and defeated twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have spurned and broken us, routing us in your wrath – restore us!

2 You have made the earth to tremble; you have broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shakes.

You have shaken the land and cleft it; heal its tottering breaches.

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

You have made your people drink hardship, and given us wine of reeling.

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

You have given those who fear you a banner, a rallying-place from the bow, (Selah)

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

for the rescue of your beloved. Save by your right hand and answer us.

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

God did solemnly swear: “As victor will I divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

Mine is Gilead, mine is Manasseh, Ephraim is the defence of my head, Judah my sceptre of rule,

8 Moab is my pot for washing; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph you because of me.

Moab the pot that I wash in, Edom – I cast my shoe over it, I shout o’er Philistia in triumph.”

9 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

O to be brought to the fortified city! O to be led into Edom!

10 Will not you, O God, which had cast us off? and you, O God, which did not go out with our armies?

Have you not spurned us, O God? You do not march forth with our armies.

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

Grant us help from the foe, for human help is worthless.

12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

With God we shall yet do bravely: he himself will tread down our foes.