Psalms 60

1 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Save me with your right hand, and hear me.

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

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.

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

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

8 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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