Psalm 60

Modern

Literal

Victory with God

¹For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam^a of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim^b and Aram-zobah,^c and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

You have rejected us, O God;

You have broken us;

You have been angry;

restore us!

¹For the one directing. According to “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for teaching, in his struggling with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned and struck Edom in the Valley of Salt—twelve thousand men. O God, You have rejected us; You have broken us; You have been angry; may You return to us!

²You have shaken the land

and torn it open.

Heal its fractures,

for it is quaking.

²The earth You have made quake; You have torn it open; may You heal its fractures, for it is tottering.

³You have shown Your people hardship;

we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.

³You have made Your people see hardship; You have made us drink the wine of staggering.

⁴You have raised a banner for those who fear You,

that they may flee the bow.^a

Selah

⁴You have given a banner to those who fear You, to be set prominently before the face of the bow. Selah

⁵Respond and save us with Your right hand,

that Your beloved may be delivered.

⁵That Your beloved may be rescued, bring salvation with Your right hand and answer us.

⁶God has spoken from His sanctuary:^a

“I will triumph!

I will parcel out Shechem

and apportion the Valley of Succoth.

⁶God has spoken in His holiness: “I will rejoice; I will divide Shechem, and I will measure out the Valley of Succoth.

⁷Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;

Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.

⁷Gilead is unto Me, and Manasseh is unto Me; and Ephraim is the helmet for My head; Judah is My scepter;

⁸Moab is My washbasin;

upon Edom I toss My sandal;

over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

⁸Moab is the pot for my washing, and upon Edom I will cast My sandal; I will give a shout over Philistia.”

⁹Who will bring me to the fortified city?

Who will lead me to Edom?

⁹Who will bring me to the city of fortification? Who will lead me to Edom?

¹⁰Have You not rejected us, O God?

Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?

¹⁰Have You not, O God, rejected us, and do You not go forth, O God, with our armies?

¹¹Give us aid against the enemy,

for the help of man is worthless.

¹¹Give to us help against the enemy—for empty is the help of man!

¹²With God we will perform with valor,

and He will trample our enemies.

¹²In God we will perform with strength, and He will trample our adversaries.