Psalmorum 60

1 in finem his qui inmutabuntur in tituli inscriptione David in doctrina cum succendit Syriam Mesopotamiam et Syriam Soba et convertit Ioab et percussit vallem Salinarum duodecim milia Deus reppulisti nos et destruxisti nos iratus es et misertus es nobis

[I prayed], “God, you have rejected us [Israelis]! Because you have been angry [with us], you have [enabled our enemies] to break through our ranks. [Please] enable us to be strong again!

2 commovisti terram et turbasti eam sana contritiones eius quia commota est

[When we were defeated, it was as though] [MET] there was a big earthquake in our land that caused the ground to split open. So now, [just as only you can] cause the cracks in the land to disappear, [help our army to be strong again], because [it is as though] our country is (falling apart/being destroyed).

3 ostendisti populo tuo dura potasti nos vino conpunctionis

You have caused [us], your people, to suffer very much; [it is as though] you forced us to drink [strong] wine that caused us to stagger around [after we became drunk].

4 dedisti metuentibus te significationem ut fugiant a facie arcus diapsalma ut liberentur dilecti tui

But you have raised a battle flag for those who revere you in order that they can gather around it and not [be killed by the enemies’] arrows.

5 salvum fac dextera tua et exaudi me

Answer our [prayers] and enable us by your power [MTY] to defeat [our enemies] in order that we, the people whom you love, will be saved.”

6 Deus locutus est in sancto suo laetabor et partibor Sicima et convallem tabernaculorum metibor

[Then] God [answered my prayer and] spoke from his temple, saying, “Because I have conquered [your enemies], I will divide up [everything in] Shechem [city], and I will distribute it among my people [the land in] Succoth Valley.

7 meus est Galaad et meus est Manasses et Effraim fortitudo capitis mei Iuda rex meus

The Gilead [region] is mine; the [people of the tribe of] Manasseh are mine; [the tribe of] Ephraim is [like] my helmet [MET]; and [the tribe of] Judah is [like] the (scepter/stick [that I hold which shows that I am the ruler]) [MET];

8 Moab olla spei meae in Idumeam extendam calciamentum meum mihi alienigenae subditi sunt

but the Moab [region] is [like] my washbasin [MET]; I throw my sandal in the Edom [area to show that it belongs to me]; I shout triumphantly because I have defeated [the people of] the Philistia [area].”

9 quis deducet me in civitatem munitam quis deducet me usque in Idumeam

[Because I want to defeat the people of] Edom, (who will lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it?/I want someone to lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it.)” [RHQ]

10 nonne tu Deus qui reppulisti nos et non egredieris Deus in virtutibus nostris

So, God, we [desire/hope that] [RHQ] you have not truly abandoned us, and that you will go with us when our armies march out [to fight our enemies].

11 da nobis auxilium de tribulatione et vana salus hominis

[We need you to] help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless.

12 in Deo faciemus virtutem et ipse ad nihilum deducet tribulantes nos

But with you [helping us], we shall win; you will enable us to defeat our enemies.