Psalm 60

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A miktam of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim and Aram Zobah, and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

¹You have rejected us, God, and burst upon us;

you have been angry—now restore us!

²You have shaken the land and torn it open;

mend its fractures, for it is quaking.

³You have shown your people desperate times;

you have given us wine that makes us stagger.

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

to be unfurled against the bow.

⁵Save us and help us with your right hand,

that those you love may be delivered.

⁶God has spoken from his sanctuary:

“In triumph I will parcel out Shechem

and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.

⁷Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;

Ephraim is my helmet,

Judah is my scepter.

⁸Moab is my washbasin,

on Edom I toss my sandal;

over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

⁹Who will bring me to the fortified city?

Who will lead me to Edom?

¹⁰Is it not you, God, you who have now rejected us

and no longer go out with our armies?

¹¹Give us aid against the enemy,

for human help is worthless.

¹²With God we will gain the victory,

and he will trample down our enemies.