Psalm 60–62

Psalm 60

For the choir director; according to shushan eduth;^aa miktam by David; for teaching. When David fought Aram Naharaim and Aram Zobah, and ⸤when⸥ Joab came back and killed 12,000 men from Edom in the Dead Sea region. 

¹O God, you have rejected us. 

You have broken down our defenses. 

You have been angry. 

Restore us! 

²You made the land quake. 

You split it wide open. 

Heal the cracks in it 

because it is falling apart. 

³You have made your people experience hardships. 

You have given us wine that makes us stagger. 

⁴Yet, you have raised a flag for those who fear you 

so that they can rally to it 

when attacked by bows ⸤and arrows⸥. 

Selah 

⁵Save ⸤us⸥ with your powerful hand, and answer us 

so that those who are dear to you may be rescued.^b

⁶God has promised the following through his holiness: 

“I will triumph! 

I will divide Shechem. 

I will measure the valley of Succoth. 

⁷Gilead is mine. 

Manasseh is mine. 

Ephraim is the helmet on my head. 

Judah is my scepter. 

⁸Moab is my washtub. 

I will throw my shoe over Edom. 

I will shout in triumph over Philistia.” 

⁹Who will bring me into the fortified city? 

Who will lead me to Edom? 

¹⁰Isn’t it you, O God, who rejected us? 

Isn’t it you, O God, who refused to accompany our armies? 

¹¹Give us help against the enemy 

because human assistance is worthless. 

¹²With God we will display great strength. 

He will trample our enemies. 

Psalm 61

For the choir director; on a stringed instrument; by David. 

¹Listen to my cry for help, O God. 

Pay attention to my prayer. 

²From the ends of the earth, I call to you 

when I begin to lose heart. 

Lead me to the rock that is high above me. 

³You have been my refuge, 

a tower of strength against the enemy. 

⁴I would like to be a guest in your tent forever 

and to take refuge under the protection of your wings. 

Selah 

⁵O God, you have heard my vows. 

You have given me the inheritance 

that belongs to those who fear your name. 

⁶Add days upon days to the life of the king. 

May his years endure throughout every generation. 

⁷May he sit enthroned in the presence of God forever. 

May mercy and truth protect him. 

⁸Then I will make music to praise your name forever, 

as I keep my vows day after day. 

Psalm 62

For the choir director; according to Jeduthun; a psalm by David. 

¹My soul waits calmly for God alone. 

My salvation comes from him. 

²He alone is my rock and my savior—my stronghold. 

I cannot be severely shaken. 

³How long will all of you attack a person? 

How long will you try to murder him, 

as though he were a leaning wall or a sagging fence? 

⁴They plan to force him out of his high position. 

They are happy to lie. 

They bless with their mouths, 

but in their hearts they curse. 

Selah 

⁵Wait calmly for God alone, my soul, 

because my hope comes from him. 

⁶He alone is my rock and my savior—my stronghold. 

I cannot be shaken. 

⁷My salvation and my glory depend on God. 

God is the rock of my strength, my refuge. 

⁸Trust him at all times, you people. 

Pour out your hearts in his presence. 

God is our refuge. 

Selah 

⁹Common people are only a whisper in the wind. 

Important people are only a delusion. 

When all of them are weighed on a scale, they amount to nothing. 

They are less than a whisper in the wind. 

¹⁰Do not count on extortion ⸤to make you rich⸥. 

Do not hope to gain anything through robbery. 

When riches increase, do not depend on them. 

¹¹God has spoken once. 

I have heard it ⸤said⸥ twice: 

“Power belongs to God. 

¹²Mercy belongs to you, O Lord. 

You reward a person based on what he has done.”