Psalm 59–61

Psalm 59

¹Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the inscription of a title, to David himself, for doctrine, ²When he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal: and Joab returned and slew of Edom, in the vale of the saltpits, twelve thousand men.

³O God, thou hast cast us off, and hast destroyed us; thou hast been angry, and hast had mercy on us.

⁴Thou hast moved the earth, and hast troubled it: heal thou the breaches thereof, for it has been moved.

⁵Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us drink the wine of sorrow.

⁶Thou hast given a warning to them that fear thee: that they may flee from before the bow: That thy beloved may be delivered.

⁷Save me with thy right hand, and hear me.

⁸God hath spoken in his holy place: I will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem; and will mete out the vale of tabernacles.

⁹Galaad is mine, and Manasses is mine: and Ephraim is the strength of my head. Juda is my king:

¹⁰Moab is the pot of my hope. Into Edom will I stretch out my shoe: to me the foreigners are made subject.

¹¹Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

¹²Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go out with our armies?

¹³Give us help from trouble: for vain is the salvation of man.

¹⁴Through God we shall do mightily: and he shall bring to nothing them that afflict us.

Psalm 60

¹Unto the end, in hymns, for David.

²Hear, O God, my supplication: be attentive to my prayer.

³To thee have I cried from the ends of the earth: when my heart was in anguish, thou hast exalted me on a rock. Thou hast conducted me;

⁴For thou hast been my hope; a tower of strength against the face of the enemy.

⁵In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for ever: I shall be protected under the covert of thy wings.

⁶For thou, my God, hast heard my prayer: thou hast given an inheritance to them that fear thy name.

⁷Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years even to generation and generation.

⁸He abideth for ever in the sight of God: his mercy and truth who shall search?

⁹So will I sing a psalm to thy name for ever and ever: that I may pay my vows from day to day.

Psalm 61

¹Unto the end, for Idithun, a psalm of David.

²Shall not my soul be subject to God? for from him is my salvation.

³For he is my God and my saviour: he is my protector, I shall be moved no more.

⁴How long do you rush in upon a man? you all kill, as if you were thrusting down a leaning wall, and a tottering fence.

⁵But they have thought to cast away my price; I ran in thirst: they blessed with their mouth, but cursed with their heart.

⁶But be thou, O my soul, subject to God: for from him is my patience.

⁷For he is my God and my saviour: he is my helper, I shall not be moved.

⁸In God is my salvation and my glory: he is the God of my help, and my hope is in God.

⁹Trust in him, all ye congregation of people: pour out your hearts before him. God is our helper for ever.

¹⁰But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive.

¹¹Trust not in iniquity, and cover not robberies: if riches abound, set not your heart upon them.

¹²God hath spoken once, these two things have I heard, that power belongeth to God,

¹³And mercy to thee, O Lord; for thou wilt render to every man according to his works.