Lament over Defeat in Battle, and Prayer for Help.
For the choir director; according to [a]Shushan Eduth. A [b]Mikhtam of David, to teach; [c]when he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.
60 O God, (A)You have rejected us. You have [d](B)broken us;
You have been (C)angry; O, (D)restore us.
2 You have made the [e](E)land quake, You have split it open;
(F)Heal its breaches, for it totters.
3 You have [f](G)made Your people experience hardship;
You have given us [g]wine to (H)drink that makes us stagger.
4 You have given a (I)banner to those who fear You,
That it may be displayed because of the truth. [h]Selah.
5 (J)That Your (K)beloved may be delivered,
(L)Save with Your right hand, and answer [i]us!
6 God has spoken in His [j](M)holiness:
“I will exult, I will portion out (N)Shechem and measure out the valley of (O)Succoth.
7 “(P)Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
(Q)Ephraim also is the [k]helmet of My head;
Judah is My [l](R)scepter.
8 “(S)Moab is My washbowl;
Over (T)Edom I shall throw My shoe;
Shout loud, O (U)Philistia, because of Me!”
9 Who will bring me into the besieged city?
Who [m]will lead me to Edom?
10 Have not You Yourself, O God, (V)rejected us?
And (W)will You not go forth with our armies, O God?
11 O give us help against the adversary,
For (X)deliverance [n]by man is in vain.
12 [o]Through God we shall (Y)do valiantly,
And it is He who will (Z)tread down our adversaries.
Footnotes
- Psalm 60:1 Lit The lily of testimony
- Psalm 60:1 Possibly, Epigrammatic Poem or Atonement Psalm
- Psalm 60:1 2 Sam 8:3, 13; 1 Chr 18:3, 12
- Psalm 60:1 Or broken out upon us
- Psalm 60:2 Or earth
- Psalm 60:3 Lit caused Your people to see
- Psalm 60:3 Lit wine of staggering
- Psalm 60:4 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
- Psalm 60:5 Some authorities read me
- Psalm 60:6 Or sanctuary
- Psalm 60:7 Lit protection
- Psalm 60:7 Or lawgiver
- Psalm 60:9 Or has led
- Psalm 60:11 Lit of
- Psalm 60:12 Or In or With
Cross references
- Psalm 60:1 : Ps 44:9
- Psalm 60:1 : 2 Sam 5:20
- Psalm 60:1 : Ps 79:5
- Psalm 60:1 : Ps 80:3
- Psalm 60:2 : Ps 18:7
- Psalm 60:2 : 2 Chr 7:14; Is 30:26
- Psalm 60:3 : Ps 66:12; 71:20
- Psalm 60:3 : Ps 75:8; Is 51:17, 22; Jer 25:15
- Psalm 60:4 : Ps 20:5; Is 5:26; 11:12; 13:2
- Psalm 60:5 : Ps 60:5-12; 108:6-13
- Psalm 60:5 : Deut 33:12; Ps 127:2; Is 5:1; Jer 11:15
- Psalm 60:5 : Ps 17:7
- Psalm 60:6 : Ps 89:35
- Psalm 60:6 : Gen 12:6; 33:18; Josh 17:7
- Psalm 60:6 : Gen 33:17; Josh 13:27
- Psalm 60:7 : Josh 13:31
- Psalm 60:7 : Deut 33:17
- Psalm 60:7 : Gen 49:10
- Psalm 60:8 : 2 Sam 8:2
- Psalm 60:8 : 2 Sam 8:14
- Psalm 60:8 : 2 Sam 8:1
- Psalm 60:10 : Ps 60:1; 108:11
- Psalm 60:10 : Josh 7:12; Ps 44:9
- Psalm 60:11 : Ps 146:3
- Psalm 60:12 : Num 24:18; Ps 118:16
- Psalm 60:12 : Ps 44:5; Is 63:3