PSALM 60
Grieving over Defeat in Battle, and Prayer for Help.
For the music director; according to Lit The lily of testimonyShushan Eduth. A Possibly, Epigrammatic Poem or Atonement PsalmMikhtam of David, to teach; 2 Sam 8:3, 13; 1 Chr 18:3, 12when he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.
1God, You have rejected us. You have Or broken out upon usbroken us;
You have been angry; restore us!
2You have made the Or earthland quake, You have split it open;
Heal its cracks, for it sways.
3You have Lit caused Your people to seemade Your people experience hardship;
You have given us Lit wine of staggeringwine to drink that makes us stagger.
4You have given a banner to those who fear You,
That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah
5That Your beloved may be rescued,
Save us with Your right hand, and answer Some authorities meus!
6God has spoken in His Or sanctuaryholiness:
“I will triumph, I will divide up Shechem, and measure out the Valley of Succoth.
7Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim also is the Lit protectionhelmet of My head;
Judah is My scepter.
8Moab is My washbowl;
I will throw My sandal over Edom;
Shout loud, Philistia, because of Me!”
9Who will bring me into the besieged city?
Who Or has ledwill lead me to Edom?
10Have You Yourself not rejected us, God?
And will You not go out with our armies, God?
11Oh give us help against the enemy,
For rescue Lit ofby man is worthless.
12
Or In; or With
Through God we will do valiantly,
And it is He who will trample down our enemies.
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