Psalm 60

Psalm 60

New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 60

Psalm 60^[a]

    For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A miktam^[b] of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim^[c] and Aram Zobah,^[d] and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. ¹ You have rejected us, God, and burst upon us;
   you have been angry—now restore us!
² You have shaken the land and torn it open;
   mend its fractures, for it is quaking.
³ You have shown your people desperate times;
   you have given us wine that makes us stagger.
⁴ But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner
   to be unfurled against the bow.^[e]
 5 Save us and help us with your right hand,
   that those you love may be delivered.
⁶ God has spoken from his sanctuary:
   “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem
   and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.
⁷ Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
   Ephraim is my helmet,
   Judah is my scepter.
⁸ Moab is my washbasin,
   on 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 Is it not you, God, you who have now rejected us
   and no longer go out with our armies?
¹¹ Give us aid against the enemy,
   for human help is worthless.
¹² With God we will gain the victory,
   and he will trample down our enemies.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 60:1 In Hebrew texts 60:1-12 is numbered 60:3-14.
2. Psalm 60:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
3. Psalm 60:1 Title: That is, Arameans of Northwest Mesopotamia
4. Psalm 60:1 Title: That is, Arameans of central Syria
5. Psalm 60:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.