Psalms 60
60
For the music director. According to “Lily of the Testimony.” A psalm (miktam) of David, useful for teaching, about the time he fought against Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and then Joab returned and killed 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
1You, God, have rejected us! You have broken us; you have been angry with us; but now you have to welcome us back!#60:1. Literally, “restore.”
2You have sent earthquakes on our land and split it apart. Now heal the cracks, for the land is still having tremors.
3You have been very hard on your people; you gave us wine that made us stagger around.
4But you have given those who respect you the banner of truth to unfurl and rally around.#60:4. The Hebrew is unclear and capable of many interpretations. Selah.
5Rescue those you love! Answer us, and save us by your power!
6God has spoken from his Temple: “Triumphantly I divide up Shechem, and portion out the Valley of Succoth.#60:6. This presumably refers to the dividing up of the country when the Israelites entered the Promised Land.
7Both Gilead and Manasseh belong to me. Ephraim is my helmet, and Judah is my scepter.#60:7. Ephraim was the tribe of many warriors, and synonymous with the northern kingdom, while Judah was the tribe from which the kings came, and symbolized the southern kingdom.
8I will treat Moab as my washbasin; I will place my sandal on Edom; I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”#60:8. These are all symbols of victory and subjugation.
9Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me into Edom?#60:9. Since it is unlikely that the speaker of these lines is God, it is conjectured that it is now the king that is speaking. The fortified city is probably Sela, the capital of Edom, later called Petra.
10Have you rejected us, God? Won't you lead our armies?
11Please give us help against our enemies, for human help is worthless.#60:11. Literally, “the help of man is vain.”
12Our strength is in God, and he will crush our enemies.
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Psalms 60
60
Psalm 60
For the choir director; according to shushan eduth; #60:0 Unknown musical term. a miktam by David; for teaching. When David fought Aram Naharaim and Aram Zobah, and ⌞when⌟ Joab came back and killed 12,000 men from Edom in the Dead Sea region.
1O God, you have rejected us.
You have broken down our defenses.
You have been angry.
Restore us!
2You made the land quake.
You split it wide open.
Heal the cracks in it
because it is falling apart.
3You have made your people experience hardships.
You have given us wine that makes us stagger.
4Yet, you have raised a flag for those who fear you
so that they can rally to it
when attacked by bows ⌞and arrows⌟. Selah
5Save ⌞us⌟ with your powerful hand, and answer us
so that those who are dear to you may be rescued.#60:5 Verses 5–12 are virtually identical in wording to Psalm 108:6–13.
6God has promised the following through his holiness:
“I will triumph!
I will divide Shechem.
I will measure the valley of Succoth.
7Gilead is mine.
Manasseh is mine.
Ephraim is the helmet on my head.
Judah is my scepter.
8Moab is my washtub.
I will throw my shoe over Edom.
I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”
9Who will bring me into the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
10Isn’t it you, O God, who rejected us?
Isn’t it you, O God, who refused to accompany our armies?
11Give us help against the enemy
because human assistance is worthless.
12With God we will display great strength.
He will trample our enemies.
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