Psalms 60

1 TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “LILY OF TESTIMONY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, TO TEACH, IN HIS STRIVING WITH ARAM-NAHARAIM AND WITH ARAM-ZOBAH, WHEN JOAB TURNS BACK AND STRIKES EDOM IN THE VALLEY OF SALT—TWELVE THOUSAND. O God, You had cast us off, You had broken us—had been angry! You turn back to us.

To the chief music-maker; put to Shushan-eduth. Michtam. Of David. For teaching. When he was fighting against Aram-naharaim and Aramzobah, when Joab came back, and put twelve thousand of the Edomites to death, in the Valley of Salt. God, you have put us away from you, you have sent us in all directions, you have been angry; O be turned to us again.

2 You have caused the land to tremble, You have broken it, Heal its breaches, for it has moved.

By the power of your hand the earth is shaking and broken; make it strong again, for it is moved.

3 You have shown Your people a hard thing, You have caused us to drink wine of trembling.

You have made the people see hard times; you have given us the wine of shaking for our drink.

4 You have given an ensign to those fearing You, To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. (Selah)

Give a safe place to those who have fear of you, where they may go in flight from before the bow. (Selah)

5 That Your beloved ones may be drawn out, Save [with] Your right hand, and answer us.

So that your loved ones may be made safe, let your right hand be my salvation, and give me an answer.

6 God has spoken in His holiness: I exult—I apportion Shechem, And I measure the Valley of Succoth,

God has said in his holy place, I will be glad: I will make a division of Shechem, and the valley of Succoth will be measured out.

7 Gilead [is] Mine, and Manasseh [is] Mine, And Ephraim [is] the strength of My head, Judah [is] My lawgiver,

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

8 Moab [is] My pot for washing, Over Edom I cast My shoe, Shout, concerning Me, O Philistia.

Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I put out my shoe; over Philistia will a glad cry be sounded.

9 Who brings me [to] a city of bulwarks? Who has led me to Edom?

Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my guide into Edom?

10 Is it not You, O God? Have You cast us off? And do You not go forth, O God, with our hosts?

Have not you put us away, O God? and you have not gone out with our armies.

11 Give to us help from adversity, And the deliverance of man [is] vain.

Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in man.

12 We do mightily in God, And He treads down our adversaries!

Through God we will do great things, for through him our haters will be crushed under our feet.