Psalms 60

1 TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “LILY OF TESTIMONY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, TO TEACH, IN HIS STRIVING WITH ARAM-NAHARAIM AND WITH ARAM-ZOBAH, WHEN JOAB TURNS BACK AND STRIKES EDOM IN THE VALLEY OF SALT—TWELVE THOUSAND. O God, You had cast us off, You had broken us—had been angry! You turn back to us.

To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.

2 You have caused the land to tremble, You have broken it, Heal its breaches, for it has moved.

Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

3 You have shown Your people a hard thing, You have caused us to drink wine of trembling.

Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.

4 You have given an ensign to those fearing You, To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. (Selah)

Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. (Selah)

5 That Your beloved ones may be drawn out, Save [with] Your right hand, and answer us.

That thy beloved may be delivered; save [with] thy right hand, and hear me.

6 God has spoken in His holiness: I exult—I apportion Shechem, And I measure the Valley of Succoth,

God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

7 Gilead [is] Mine, and Manasseh [is] Mine, And Ephraim [is] the strength of My head, Judah [is] My lawgiver,

Gilead [is] mine, and Manasseh [is] mine; Ephraim also [is] the strength of mine head; Judah [is] my lawgiver;

8 Moab [is] My pot for washing, Over Edom I cast My shoe, Shout, concerning Me, O Philistia.

Moab [is] my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.

9 Who brings me [to] a city of bulwarks? Who has led me to Edom?

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

10 Is it not You, O God? Have You cast us off? And do You not go forth, O God, with our hosts?

[Wilt] not thou, O God, [which] hadst cast us off? and [thou], O God, [which] didst not go out with our armies?

11 Give to us help from adversity, And the deliverance of man [is] vain.

Give us help from trouble: for vain [is] the help of man.

12 We do mightily in God, And He treads down our adversaries!

Through God we shall do valiantly: for he [it is that] shall tread down our enemies.