Psalms 60
60
Ps 108:6–13
For the Music Director. A Miktam of David to teach. To the melody of “Lily of the Testimony,” when he struggled with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah and when Joab returned from striking down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
1O God, You have rejected us, You have scattered us;
You have been displeased; take us back.
2#Ps 63:1; 84:2 You have made the earth tremble; You have split it open;
heal its breaches, for it shook.
3#Ps 79:10; 80:5 You have shown Your people hard times;
You have made us drink wine, causing us to stagger.
4#Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8 You have given a banner to those who fear You,
that they may flee to it from the bow.#Or for the truth. Selah
5#Ps 42:11; 43:5 That Your beloved ones may be delivered,
save with Your right hand and answerus.
6#2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9 God has spoken in His holiness:
“I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem,
and measure out the Valley of Sukkoth.
7#Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim also is My helmet;
Judah is My scepter;
8#Job 35:10; Ps 63:6 Moab is My wash basin;
over Edom I will cast My shoe;
shout the alarm, O Philistia, because of Me.”
9#Ps 38:6; 18:2 Who will bring me into the fortified city?
Who will lead me into Edom?
10#Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17 You, O God, have You not cast us off?
And You, O God, did not go out with our armies.
11#Ps 42:5; 43:5 Give us help from trouble,
for the help of man is worthless.
12Through God we will do valiantly,
for He will tread down our enemies.
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Psalms 60
60
Lament After Defeat in Battle
1For the leader; according to “The Lily of.…” A miktam of David (for teaching), 2when he fought against Aram-Naharaim and Aram-Zobah; and Joab, coming back, killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.#2 Sm 8:2, 3, 13; 1 Chr 18:2, 3, 12.
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3O God, you rejected us, broke our defenses;
you were angry but now revive us.
4You rocked the earth, split it open;#Ps 75:4; Is 24:19.
repair the cracks for it totters.
5You made your people go through hardship,
made us stagger from the wine you gave us.#Ps 75:9; Is 51:17, 21–22; Jer 25:15.
6Raise up a banner for those who revere you,
a refuge for them out of bow shot.
Selah
7#These verses occur again as the second half of Ps 108.Help with your right hand and answer us
that your loved ones may escape.
II
8#I will…apportion…measure out: God lays claim to these places. The valley of Succoth: probably the lower stretch of the Jabbok valley.In the sanctuary God promised:
“I will exult, will apportion Shechem;
the valley of Succoth#I will…apportion…measure out: God lays claim to these places. The valley of Succoth: probably the lower stretch of the Jabbok valley. I will measure out.
9Gilead is mine, mine is Manasseh;
Ephraim is the helmet for my head,
Judah, my own scepter.#Judah, my own scepter: an allusion to the Testament of Jacob, Gn 49:10.
10#Moab is my washbowl: Moab borders the Dead Sea, hence a metaphor for the country. Upon Edom I cast my sandal: an ancient legal gesture of taking possession of land.Moab is my washbowl;
upon Edom I cast my sandal.#Moab is my washbowl: Moab borders the Dead Sea, hence a metaphor for the country. Upon Edom I cast my sandal: an ancient legal gesture of taking possession of land.#Ru 4:7–8.
I will triumph over Philistia.”
III
11Who will bring me to the fortified city?#The fortified city: perhaps Bozrah, the fortified capital of Edom, cf. Is 34:6; 63:1; Am 1:12.
Who will lead me into Edom?
12Was it not you who rejected us, God?
Do you no longer march with our armies?#Ps 44:10.
13Give us aid against the foe;
worthless is human help.
14We will triumph with the help of God,
who will trample down our foes.
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