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Psalm 60 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

Lament over Defeat in Battle, and Prayer for Help.

Psa 60:1

To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] “The Lily of the Testimony.” A Mikhtam of David [intended to record memorable thoughts and] to teach; when he struggled with the Arameans of Mesopotamia and the Arameans of Zobah, and when Joab returned and struck twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

O God, You have rejected us and cast us off. You have broken [down our defenses and scattered] us;

You have been angry; O restore us and turn again to us.

Psa 60:2

You have made the land quake, You have split it open;

Heal its rifts, for it shakes and totters.

Psa 60:3

You have made Your people experience hardship;

You have given us wine to drink that makes us stagger and fall.

Psa 60:4

You have set up a banner for those who fear You [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder—a banner to shield them from attack],

A banner that may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

Psa 60:5

That Your beloved ones may be rescued,

Save with Your right hand and answer us.

Psa 60:6

God has spoken in His holiness [in His promises]:

“I will rejoice, I will divide [the land of] Shechem and measure out the Valley of Succoth [west to east].

Psa 60:7

“Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;

Ephraim is My helmet;

Judah is My scepter.

Psa 60:8

“Moab is My [fn]washbowl;

Over Edom I shall throw My shoe [in triumph];

Over Philistia I raise the shout [of victory].”

Psa 60:9

Who will bring me into the besieged city [of Petra]?

Who will lead me to Edom?

Psa 60:10

Have You not rejected us, O God?

And will You not go out with our armies?

Psa 60:11

Give us help against the enemy,

For the help of man is worthless (ineffectual, without purpose).

Psa 60:12

Through God we will have victory,

For He will trample down our enemies.

AMP Footnotes
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