The Psalms

Psalm 60

For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; and when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.

 ^60:1O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down;

 Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.

 ^60:2Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it:

 Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

 ^60:3Thou hast showed thy people hard things:

 Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.

 ^60:4Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee,

 That it may be displayed because of the truth.

Selah

 ^60:5That thy beloved may be delivered,

 Save with thy right hand, and answer us.

 ^60:6God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult;

 I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

 ^60:7Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;

 Ephraim also is the defence of my head;

 Judah is my sceptre.

 ^60:8Moab is my washpot;

 Upon Edom will I cast my shoe:

 Philistia, shout thou because of me.

 ^60:9Who will bring me into the strong city?

 Who hath led me unto Edom?

 ^60:10Hast not thou, O God, cast us off?

 And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.

 ^60:11Give us help against the adversary;

 For vain is the help of man.

 ^60:12Through God we shall do valiantly;

 For he it is that will tread down our adversaries.