Psalm 60–62

Psalm 60

PRAYER IN DIFFICULT TIMES

For the choir director: according to “The Lily of Testimony.”^j A Miktam of David for teaching. When he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck Edom in Salt Valley, killing twelve thousand.^k

¹God, you have rejected us;

you have broken us down;

you have been angry. Restore us!^Cl

²You have shaken the land and split it open.

Heal its fissures, for it shudders.^m

³You have made your people suffer hardship;

you have given us wine to drink

that made us stagger.ⁿ

⁴You have given a signal flag to those who fear you,

so that they can flee before the archers.^Do

Selah

⁵Save with your right hand, and answer me,

so that those you love may be rescued.^p

⁶God has spoken in his sanctuary:^E

“I will celebrate!

I will divide up Shechem.^q

I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.^r

⁷Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine,

and Ephraim is my helmet;^s

Judah is my scepter.^t

⁸Moab is my washbasin.^u

I throw my sandal on Edom;^v

I shout in triumph over Philistia.”^w

⁹Who will bring me to the fortified city?

Who will lead me to Edom?^x

¹⁰God, haven’t you rejected us?

God, you do not march out with our armies.^y

¹¹Give us aid against the foe,

for human help is worthless.^z

¹²With God we will perform valiantly;^aa

he will trample our foes.^ab

Psalm 61

SECURITY IN GOD

For the choir director: on stringed instruments. Of David.

¹God, hear my cry;

pay attention to my prayer.^ac

²I call to you from the ends of the earth

when my heart is without strength.^ad

Lead me to a rock that is high above me,^ae

³for you have been a refuge for me,

a strong tower^af in the face of the enemy.

⁴I will dwell in your tent forever

and take refuge under the shelter of your wings.^ag

Selah

⁵God, you have heard my vows;^ah

you have given a heritage

to those who fear your name.^ai

⁶Add days to the king’s life;

may his years span many generations.^aj

⁷May he sit enthroned before God forever.^ak

Appoint faithful love and truth to guard him.^al

⁸Then I will continually sing of your name,^am

fulfilling my vows day by day.^an

Psalm 62

TRUST IN GOD ALONE

For the choir director: according to Jeduthun.^a A psalm of David.

¹I am at rest in God alone;

my salvation comes from him.^b

²He alone is my rock and my salvation,^c

my stronghold; I will never be shaken.^d

³How long will you threaten a man?

Will all of you attack^A

as if he were a leaning wall

or a tottering fence?^e

⁴They only plan to bring him down

from his high position.

They take pleasure in lying;

they bless with their mouths,

but they curse inwardly.^f

Selah

⁵Rest in God alone, my soul,

for my hope comes from him.^g

⁶He alone is my rock and my salvation,^h

my stronghold; I will not be shaken.ⁱ

⁷My salvation and glory depend on God, my strong rock.

My refuge is in God.^j

⁸Trust in him at all times, you people;

pour out your hearts before him.

God is our refuge.^k

Selah

⁹Common people are only a vapor;

important people, an illusion.

Together on a scale,

they weigh less than^B a vapor.^l

¹⁰Place no trust in oppression

or false hope in robbery.

If wealth increases,

don’t set your heart on it.^m

¹¹God has spoken once;

I have heard this twice:

strength belongs to God,ⁿ

¹²and faithful love belongs to you, Lord.

For you repay each according to his works.^o