Psalm 60 Common English Bible

Psalm 60

For the music leader. According to “Lily.” A testimony. A miktam^[a] of David. For instruction, when he went to war with Aram-naharaim and Aram-sobah, and when Joab returned and defeated Edom, killing twelve thousand in the Salt Valley.

60 God, you have rejected us—
        shattered us.
    You’ve been so angry.
        Now restore us!
²You’ve made the ground quake,
        splitting it open.
    Now repair its cracks
        because it’s shaking apart!
³You’ve made your people suffer hardship;
    you’ve given us wine and we stagger.
⁴Give a flag to those who honor you,
    so they can rally around it,
    safe from attack.^[b] Selah
⁵Save us by your power and answer us
    so that the people you love might be rescued.

⁶God has spoken in his sanctuary:
    “I will celebrate as I divide up Shechem
        and portion out the Succoth Valley.
⁷    Gilead is mine;
    Manasseh is mine;
    Ephraim is my helmet;
    Judah is my scepter.
⁸    But Moab is my washbowl;
    I’ll throw my shoe at Edom.
    I shout in triumph over Philistia!^[c]
⁹    I wish someone would bring me to a fortified city!
    I wish someone would lead me to Edom!”

¹⁰But you have rejected us, God, haven’t you?
    God, you no longer accompany our armies.
¹¹Give us help against the enemy;
    human help is worthless.
¹²With God we will triumph;
    he’s the one who will trample our adversaries.