Psalms 60

Psalm 60

Prayer in Difficult Times

For the choir director: according to “The Lily of Testimony.” A Miktam of David for teaching. When he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck Edom in Salt Valley, killing twelve thousand.

¹God, you have rejected us; you have broken us down; you have been angry. Restore us!²

³You have shaken the land and split it open. Heal its fissures, for it shudders.⁴

⁵You have made your people suffer hardship; you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger.⁶

⁷You have given a signal flag to those who fear you, so that they can flee before the archers.Selah⁸

⁹Save with your right hand, and answer me, so that those you love may be rescued.¹⁰

¹¹God has spoken in his sanctuary: “I will celebrate! I will divide up Shechem. I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.¹²

¹³Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is my helmet; Judah is my scepter.¹⁴

¹⁵Moab is my washbasin. I throw my sandal on Edom; I shout in triumph over Philistia.”¹⁶

¹⁷Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?¹⁸

¹⁹God, haven’t you rejected us? God, you do not march out with our armies.²⁰

²¹Give us aid against the foe, for human help is worthless.²²

²³With God we will perform valiantly; he will trample our foes.²⁴