< 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.
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 caused the land to tremble, You have broken it, Heal its breaches, for it has moved.
You have shaken the land and cleft it; heal its tottering breaches.
3 You have shown Your people a hard thing, You have caused us to drink wine of trembling.
You have made your people drink hardship, and given us wine of reeling.
4 You have given an ensign to those fearing You, To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. (Selah)
You have given those who fear you a banner, a rallying-place from the bow, (Selah)
5 That Your beloved ones may be drawn out, Save [with] Your right hand, and answer us.
for the rescue of your beloved. Save by your right hand and answer us.
6 God has spoken in His holiness: I exult—I apportion Shechem, And I measure 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, And Ephraim [is] the strength of My 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 I cast My shoe, Shout, concerning Me, O Philistia.
Moab the pot that I wash in, Edom – I cast my shoe over it, I shout o’er Philistia in triumph.’
9 Who brings me [to] a city of bulwarks? Who has led me to Edom?
O to be brought to the fortified city! O to be led 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 you not spurned us, O God? You do not march forth with our armies.
11 Give to us help from adversity, And the deliverance of man [is] vain.
Grant us help from the foe, for human help is worthless.
12 We do mightily in God, And He treads down our adversaries!
With God we shall yet do bravely: he himself will tread down our foes.

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