Psalm 60:1-2
New King James Version
Urgent Prayer for the Restored Favor of God(A)
To the Chief Musician. (B)Set to [a]“Lily of the Testimony.” A Michtam of David. For teaching. (C)When he fought against Mesopotamia and Syria of Zobah, and Joab returned and killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
60 O God, (D)You have cast us off;
You have broken us down;
You have been displeased;
Oh, restore us again!
2 You have made the earth tremble;
You have broken it;
(E)Heal its breaches, for it is shaking.
Footnotes
- Psalm 60:1 Heb. Shushan Eduth
Psalm 60:1-2
King James Version
60 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
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Psalm 60:1-2
New American Standard Bible
Grieving over Defeat in Battle, and Prayer for Help.
For the music director; according to [a]Shushan Eduth. A [b]Mikhtam of David, to teach; [c]when he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.
60 God, (A)You have rejected us. You have [d](B)broken us;
You have been (C)angry; (D)restore us!
2 You have made the [e](E)land quake, You have split it open;
(F)Heal its cracks, for it sways.
Footnotes
- Psalm 60 Title Lit The lily of testimony
- Psalm 60 Title Possibly, Epigrammatic Poem or Atonement Psalm
- Psalm 60 Title 2 Sam 8:3, 13; 1 Chr 18:3, 12
- Psalm 60:1 Or broken out upon us
- Psalm 60:2 Or earth
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