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.

Kwa mwimbishaji. Mtindo wa “Shushani Eduthi.” Utenzi wa Daudi wa kufundisha. Wakati alipopigana na Waaramu kutoka Aramu-Naharaimu na Aramu-Soba, naye Yoabu akarudi nyuma na kuwaua Waedomu 12,000 katika Bonde la Chumvi. Ee Mungu, umetukataa na kutokea ghafula juu yetu, umekasirika: sasa turejeshe upya!

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

Umetetemesha nchi na kuipasua; uiponye mavunjiko yake, kwa maana inatetemeka.

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

Umewaonyesha watu wako nyakati za kukata tamaa; umetunywesha mvinyo unaotuyumbisha.

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

Kwa wale wanaokucha wewe, umewainulia bendera, ili iweze kutwekwa dhidi ya upinde.

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

Tuokoe na utusaidie kwa mkono wako wa kuume, ili wale uwapendao wapate kuokolewa.

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

Mungu amenena kutoka patakatifu pake: “Nitaigawa Shekemu kwa ushindi na kulipima Bonde la Sukothi.

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

Gileadi ni yangu na Manase ni yangu; Efraimu ni kofia yangu ya chuma, nayo Yuda ni fimbo yangu ya utawala.

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

Moabu ni sinia langu la kunawia, juu ya Edomu natupa kiatu changu; nashangilia kwa kushindwa kwa Ufilisti.”

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

Ni nani atakayenipeleka hadi mji wenye ngome? Ni nani atakayeniongoza hadi nifike Edomu?

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

Ee Mungu, si ni wewe uliyetukataa sisi, na hutoki tena na majeshi yetu?

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

Tuletee msaada dhidi ya adui, kwa maana msaada wa mwanadamu haufai kitu.

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

Kwa msaada wa Mungu tutapata ushindi, naye atawaponda adui zetu.