Psalm 60

For the choir director: A psalm^a of David useful for teaching, regarding the time David fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and killed 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. To be sung to the tune “Lily of the Testimony.”

¹You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses.

You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor.

²You have shaken our land and split it open.

Seal the cracks, for the land trembles.

³You have been very hard on us,

making us drink wine that sent us reeling.

⁴But you have raised a banner for those who fear you—

a rallying point in the face of attack. Interlude

⁵Now rescue your beloved people.

Answer and save us by your power.

⁶God has promised this by his holiness^b:

“I will divide up Shechem with joy.

I will measure out the valley of Succoth.

⁷Gilead is mine,

and Manasseh, too.

Ephraim, my helmet, will produce my warriors,

and Judah, my scepter, will produce my kings.

⁸But Moab, my washbasin, will become my servant,

and I will wipe my feet on Edom

and shout in triumph over Philistia.”

⁹Who will bring me into the fortified city?

Who will bring me victory over Edom?

¹⁰Have you rejected us, O God?

Will you no longer march with our armies?

¹¹Oh, please help us against our enemies,

for all human help is useless.

¹²With God’s help we will do mighty things,

for he will trample down our foes.