To the choirmaster: according to Shushan Eduth. A Miktam of David; for instruction; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

¹O God, thou hast rejected us, broken our defenses;

thou hast been angry; oh, restore us.

²Thou hast made the land to quake, thou hast rent it open;

repair its breaches, for it totters.

³Thou hast made thy people suffer hard things;

thou hast given us wine to drink that made us reel.

⁴Thou hast set up a banner for those who fear thee,

to rally to it from the bow. [Selah]

⁵That thy beloved may be delivered,

give victory by thy right hand and answer us!

⁶God has spoken in his sanctuary:

“With exultation I will divide up Shechem

and portion out the Vale of Succoth.

⁷Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;

Ephraim is my helmet;

Judah is my scepter.

⁸Moab is my washbasin;

upon Edom I cast my shoe;

over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

⁹Who will bring me to the fortified city?

Who will lead me to Edom?

¹⁰Hast thou not rejected us, O God?

Thou dost not go forth, O God, with our armies.

¹¹O grant us help against the foe,

for vain is the help of man!

¹²With God we shall do valiantly;

it is he who will tread down our foes.

PSALM 61

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

¹Hear my cry, O God,

listen to my prayer;

²from the end of the earth I call to thee,

when my heart is faint.

Lead thou me

to the rock that is higher than I;

³for thou art my refuge,

a strong tower against the enemy.

⁴Let me dwell in thy tent for ever!

Oh to be safe under the shelter of thy wings! [Selah]

⁵For thou, O God, hast heard my vows,

thou hast given me the heritage of those who fear thy name.

⁶Prolong the life of the king;

may his years endure to all generations!

⁷May he be enthroned for ever before God;

bid steadfast love and faithfulness watch over him!

⁸So will I ever sing praises to thy name,

as I pay my vows day after day.

PSALM 62

To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

¹For God alone my soul waits in silence;

from him comes my salvation. ²He only is my rock and my salvation,

my fortress; I shall not be greatly moved.

³How long will you set upon a man

to shatter him, all of you,

like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?

⁴They only plan to thrust him down from his eminence.

They take pleasure in falsehood.

They bless with their mouths,

but inwardly they curse. [Selah]

⁵For God alone my soul waits in silence,

for my hope is from him.

⁶He only is my rock and my salvation,

my fortress; I shall not be shaken.

⁷On God rests my deliverance and my honor;

my mighty rock, my refuge is God.

⁸Trust in him at all times, O people;

pour out your heart before him;

God is a refuge for us. [Selah]

⁹Men of low estate are but a breath,

men of high estate are a delusion;

in the balances they go up;

they are together lighter than a breath.

¹⁰Put no confidence in extortion,

set no vain hopes on robbery;

if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

¹¹Once God has spoken;

twice have I heard this:

that power belongs to God;

¹²and that to thee, O Lord, belongs steadfast love.

For thou dost requite a man

according to his work.

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