Псалом 60

Help against the foe after defeat

¹For the music director. On shushan eduth. A miktam of David, for teaching, ²when he fought against Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab came back and struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. ³God, You have thrown us off and burst through our walls. \q You have been angry; turn to us again! ⁴You made the land shudder and tore it apart; \q mend its cracks, for it is giving way. ⁵You let Your people see hard things; \q You made us drink a wine that sent us reeling. ⁶For those who fear You, You have raised a banner to rally to, \q out of reach of the bow. Selah^{a 7}So that those You love may be set free, \q bring rescue with Your right hand and answer me! ⁸God has spoken from His holy place: “I will rejoice \q as I share out Shechem \q and mark off the Valley of Succoth. ⁹Gilead belongs to Me, Manasseh is Mine; \q Ephraim is the helmet on My head, \q Judah the staff of My rule. ¹⁰Moab is My washing bowl; \q on Edom I toss My sandal; \q Philistia, raise your shout to Me!”^{b 11}Who will take me into the walled city? \q Who will guide me all the way to Edom? ¹²Is it not You, God, who rejected us \q and no longer march out with our armies? ¹³Help us against the enemy, \q for any rescue that people can bring is useless. ¹⁴With God on our side we will fight with courage; \q He is the one who will crush our foes underfoot.