Psalms 60
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Psalms 60

Lament over Defeat in Battle, and Prayer for Help.

For the choir director; according to Lit The lily of testimonyShushan Eduth. A Possibly, Epigrammatic Poem or Atonement PsalmMikhtam of David, to teach; 2 Sam 8:3, 13; 1 Chr 18:3, 12when he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

1O GodH430, 1You have rejectedH2186 us. You have 23brokenH6555 us; You have beenH599 4angryH599; O, 5restoreH7725 us.2You have made the 67landH776 quakeH7493, You have splitH6480 it openH6480; 8HealH7495 its breachesH7667, for it tottersH4131.3You have 910made Your peopleH5971 experienceH7200 hardshipH7186; You have givenH8248 us 11wineH3196 to 12drinkH8248 that makes us staggerH8653.4You have givenH5414 a 13bannerH5251 to those who fearH3372 You, That it may be displayedH5264 becauseH4480H6440 of the truthH7189. 14SelahH5542.515That Your 16belovedH3039 may be deliveredH2502, 17SaveH3467 with Your rightH3225 handH3225, and answerH6030 18us!

6GodH430 has spokenH1696 in His 1920holinessH6944: “I will exultH5937, I will portionH2505 out 21ShechemH7927 and measureH4058 out the valleyH6010 of 22SuccothH5523.723GileadH1568 is Mine, and ManassehH4519 is Mine; 24EphraimH669 also is the 25helmetH4581 of My headH7218; JudahH3063 is My 2627scepterH2710.828MoabH4124 is My washbowlH7366; OverH5921 29EdomH112 I shall throwH7993 My shoeH5275; ShoutH7321 loudH7321, O 30PhilistiaH6429, becauseH5921 of Me!”

9WhoH4310 will bringH2986 me into the besiegedH4692 cityH5892? WhoH4310 31will leadH5148 me to EdomH112?10Have not You YourselfH859, O GodH430, 32rejectedH2186 us? And 33will You not goH3318 forthH3318 with our armiesH6635, O GodH430?11O giveH3051 us helpH5833 againstH4480 the adversaryH6862, For 34deliveranceH8668 35by manH120 is in vainH7723.1236Through GodH430 we shall 37doH6213 valiantlyH2428, And it is He who will 38treadH947 downH947 our adversariesH6862.

Notes

  1. 1. Psalms 60:1 Ps 44:9 ↩
  2. 2. Psalms 60:1 Or broken out upon us ↩
  3. 3. Psalms 60:1 2 Sam 5:20 ↩
  4. 4. Psalms 60:1 Ps 79:5 ↩
  5. 5. Psalms 60:1 Ps 80:3 ↩
  6. 6. Psalms 60:2 Or earth ↩
  7. 7. Psalms 60:2 Ps 18:7 ↩
  8. 8. Psalms 60:2 2 Chr 7:14; Is 30:26 ↩
  9. 9. Psalms 60:3 Lit caused Your people to see ↩
  10. 10. Psalms 60:3 Ps 66:12; 71:20 ↩
  11. 11. Psalms 60:3 Lit wine of staggering ↩
  12. 12. Psalms 60:3 Ps 75:8; Is 51:17, 22; Jer 25:15 ↩
  13. 13. Psalms 60:4 Ps 20:5; Is 5:26; 11:12; 13:2 ↩
  14. 14. Psalms 60:4 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude ↩
  15. 15. Psalms 60:5 Ps 60:5-12; 108:6-13 ↩
  16. 16. Psalms 60:5 Deut 33:12; Ps 127:2; Is 5:1; Jer 11:15 ↩
  17. 17. Psalms 60:5 Ps 17:7 ↩
  18. 18. Psalms 60:5 Some authorities read me ↩
  19. 19. Psalms 60:6 Or sanctuary ↩
  20. 20. Psalms 60:6 Ps 89:35 ↩
  21. 21. Psalms 60:6 Gen 12:6; 33:18; Josh 17:7 ↩
  22. 22. Psalms 60:6 Gen 33:17; Josh 13:27 ↩
  23. 23. Psalms 60:7 Josh 13:31 ↩
  24. 24. Psalms 60:7 Deut 33:17 ↩
  25. 25. Psalms 60:7 Lit protection ↩
  26. 26. Psalms 60:7 Or lawgiver ↩
  27. 27. Psalms 60:7 Gen 49:10 ↩
  28. 28. Psalms 60:8 2 Sam 8:2 ↩
  29. 29. Psalms 60:8 2 Sam 8:14 ↩
  30. 30. Psalms 60:8 2 Sam 8:1 ↩
  31. 31. Psalms 60:9 Or has led ↩
  32. 32. Psalms 60:10 Ps 60:1; 108:11 ↩
  33. 33. Psalms 60:10 Josh 7:12; Ps 44:9 ↩
  34. 34. Psalms 60:11 Ps 146:3 ↩
  35. 35. Psalms 60:11 Lit of ↩
  36. 36. Psalms 60:12 Or In or With ↩
  37. 37. Psalms 60:12 Num 24:18; Ps 118:16 ↩
  38. 38. Psalms 60:12 Ps 44:5; Is 63:3 ↩

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