Psalm 60
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A
teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram
Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the
Valley of Salt.
1 God,
you have rejected
us.
You have broken
us down.
You have been angry.
Restore us, again.
2 You
have made the land
tremble.
You have torn it.
Mend its fractures,
for it quakes.
3 You have shown
your people hard things.
You have made
us drink the wine
that makes us stagger.
4 You
have given a banner
to those who fear
you,
that it may
be displayed because
of the truth.
Selah.
5 So
that your beloved
may be delivered,
save with your right hand,
and answer us.
6 God
has spoken from
his sanctuary:
“I will triumph.
I will
divide Shechem,
and measure out
the valley of Succoth.
7 Gilead
is mine, and Manasseh
is mine.
Ephraim also is the defense
of my head.
Judah is my scepter.
8 Moab is
my wash basin.
I will throw my sandal on Edom.
I shout in triumph over Philistia.”
9 Who
will bring me into
the strong city?
Who has led me
to Edom?
10 Haven’t you,
God, rejected us?
You don’t go out
with our armies, God.
11 Give us help
against the adversary,
for the help
of man is vain.
12 Through
God we will
do valiantly,
for it is
he who will tread
down our adversaries.