The Psalms 60

A Prayer for Help against the Foe

To the chief Musician upon Shu’shan–e’duth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with A’ram–nahara’im and with A’ram–zo’bah, when Jo’ab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. 2.1—0.1 ; 0.8 ; 3.8 · 1 Chr. 18.12

O God, thou hast cast us off,

thou has scattered us,

thou hast been displeased;

O turn thyself to us again.

Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it:

heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

Thou hast showed thy people hard things:

thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.

Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee,

that it may be displayed because of the truth.

Selah.

That thy beloved may be delivered;

save with thy right hand, and hear me.

God hath spoken in his holiness;

I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem,

and mete out the valley of Succoth.

Gil’e-ad is mine, and Manas’seh is mine;

E’phra-im also is the strength of mine head;

Judah is my lawgiver;

Moab is my washpot;

over Edom will I cast out my shoe:

Philis’ti-a, triumph thou because of me.

Who will bring me into the strong city?

Who will lead me into Edom?

Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off?

and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?

Give us help from trouble:

for vain is the help of man.

Through God we shall do valiantly:

for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

Published by The American Bible Society

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