Psalm 60 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Lament over Defeat in Battle, and Prayer for Help.

(cf. Psa 108:6–13 )

Psa 60:1To the choirmaster: according to Shushan Eduth. A Miktam of David; for instruction; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. O God, thou hast rejected us, broken our defenses; thou hast been angry; oh, restore us.

Psa 60:2

Psa 60:2Thou hast made the land to quake, thou hast rent it open; repair its breaches, for it totters.

Psa 60:3

Psa 60:3Thou hast made thy people suffer hard things; thou hast given us wine to drink that made us reel.

Psa 60:4

Psa 60:4Thou hast set up a banner for those who fear thee, to rally to it from the bow. Selah

Psa 60:5

Psa 60:5That thy beloved may be delivered, give victory by thy right hand and answer us!

Psa 60:6

Psa 60:6God has spoken in his sanctuary: "With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth.

Psa 60:7

Psa 60:7Gilead is mine; Manas'seh is mine; E'phraim is my helmet; Judah is my scepter.

Psa 60:8

Psa 60:8Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph."

Psa 60:9

Psa 60:9Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

Psa 60:10

Psa 60:10Hast thou not rejected us, O God? Thou dost not go forth, O God, with our armies.

Psa 60:11

Psa 60:11O grant us help against the foe, for vain is the help of man!

Psa 60:12

Psa 60:12With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.

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Psalm 60 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Lament over Defeat in Battle, and Prayer for Help.

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