Psalm 60

He Will Tread Down Our Foes

To the choirmaster: according to Shushan Eduth. A Miktam [1] of David; for instruction; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

60:1  O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses;
you have been angry; oh, restore us.
2  You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open;
repair its breaches, for it totters.
3  You have made your people see hard things;
you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger.

4  You have set up a banner for those who fear you,
that they may flee to it from the bow. [2] Selah
5  That your beloved ones may be delivered,
give salvation by your right hand and answer us!

6  God has spoken in his holiness: [3]
"With exultation I will divide up Shechem
and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
7  Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet;
Judah is my scepter.
8  Moab is my washbasin;
upon Edom I cast my shoe;
over Philistia I shout in triumph." [4]

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 forth, O God, with our armies.
11  Oh, grant us help against the foe,
for vain is the salvation of man!
12  With God we shall do valiantly;
it is he who will tread down our foes.

Footnotes

[1] 60:1 Probably musical or liturgical terms
[2] 60:4 Or that it may be displayed because of truth
[3] 60:6 Or sanctuary
[4] 60:8 Revocalization (compare Psalm 108:10); Masoretic Text over me, O Philistia, shout in triumph

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