To the leader: according to the Lily of the Covenant.
A Miktam of David; for instruction; when he struggled with
Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return
killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; now restore us! 2 You have caused the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair the cracks in it, for it is tottering. 3 You have made your people suffer hard things; you have given us wine to drink that made us reel.
4 You have set up a banner for those who fear you, to rally to it out of bowshot.[a] Selah 5 Give victory with your right hand, and answer us,[b] so that those whom you love may be rescued.
6 God has promised in his sanctuary:[c] “With exultation I will divide up Shechem, and portion out the Vale of Succoth. 7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet; Judah is my scepter. 8 Moab is my washbasin; on Edom I hurl my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
9 Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom? 10 Have you not rejected us, O God? You do not go out, O God, with our armies. 11 O grant us help against the foe, for human help is worthless. 12 With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.
Footnotes
a. Psalm 60:4 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb because of the truth
b. Psalm 60:5 Another reading is me
c. Psalm 60:6 Or by his holiness
New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
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