Psalms, 60

1. To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, 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.

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

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

3. O God, you have rejected us and have broken our defenses; you have been angry, but now turn back to us.

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

4. You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its cracks for it totters.

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

5. You have made your people suffer; you have given us wine that makes us stagger.

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

6. You set the banner behind us and your people fled from bow and arrow.

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

7. Help us and listen to us, that your beloved may be rescued.

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

8. God has spoken in his sanctuary: "In triumph I will divide up Shechem and parcel out the Valley of Succoth.

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

9. Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my scepter.

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

10. Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph."

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

11. Who will take me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

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

12. Have you not rejected us, O God? You no longer go with our armies.

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13. Give us aid against the foe, for human help is not worth a straw.

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14. With God we will gain victory; he will crush the enemy for us.