Psalm 60

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.