Psalm 60
Victory with God
(2 Samuel 8:1–14; 1 Chronicles 18:1–13; Psalms 108:1–13)
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam 1 of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim 2 and Aram-zobah,3 and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
¹ You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
² You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.
³ You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.
⁴ You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow.4 Selah
⁵ Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
⁶ God has spoken from His sanctuary:5 “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
⁷ Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
⁸ Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
⁹ Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
¹⁰ Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?
¹¹ Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
¹² With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
60:0 Miktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 16 and 56–60. ↩︎
60:0 That is, Mesopotamia; Aram-naharaim means Aram of the two rivers, likely the region between the Euphrates and Balih Rivers in northwestern Mesopotamia. ↩︎
60:0 That is, the land northeast of Damascus ↩︎
60:4 Or that it may be displayed because of truth ↩︎
60:6 Or in His holiness ↩︎