Psalm 60

PSALM 60

Lament over Defeat in Battle, and Prayer for Help.

For the choir director; according to ^†•Mikhtam of David, to teach; ^{^}when he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

¹O God, ^aYou have rejected us. You have ^1bbroken us;

You have been ^cangry; O, ^drestore us.

²You have made the ^1aland quake, You have split it open;

^bHeal its breaches, for it totters.

³You have ^1amade Your people experience hardship;

You have given us ²wine to ^bdrink that makes us stagger.

⁴You have given a ^abanner to those who fear You,

That it may be displayed because of the truth.

¹Selah.

^5aThat Your ^bbeloved may be delivered,

^cSave with Your right hand, and answer ¹us!

⁶God has spoken in His ^1aholiness:

“I will exult, I will portion out ^bShechem and measure out the valley of ^cSuccoth.

⁷“^aGilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;

^bEphraim also is the ¹helmet of My head;

Judah is My ^2cscepter.

⁸“^aMoab is My washbowl;

Over ^bEdom I shall throw My shoe;

Shout loud, O ^cPhilistia, because of Me!”

⁹Who will bring me into the besieged city?

Who ¹will lead me to Edom?

¹⁰Have not You Yourself, O God, ^arejected us?

And ^bwill You not go forth with our armies, O God?

¹¹O give us help against the adversary,

For ^adeliverance ¹by man is in vain.

¹²¹Through God we shall ^ado valiantly,

And it is He who will ^btread down our adversaries.