PSALM 60[J] Lament After Defeat in Battle 60
1For the leader; according to “The Lily of.…” A miktam of David (for teaching), 2when he fought against Aram–Naharaim and Aram–Zobah; and Joab, coming back, killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
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3O God, you rejected us, broke our defenses;
you were angry but now revive us.
4You rocked the earth, split it open;
repair the cracks for it totters.
5You made your people go through hardship,
made us stagger from the wine you gave us.
6Raise up a banner for those who revere you,
a refuge for them out of bow shot.Selah
7[K]Help with your right hand and answer us
that your loved ones may escape.
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8[L]In the sanctuary God promised:
“I will exult, will apportion Shechem;
the valley of Succoth[M] I will measure out.
9Gilead is mine, mine is Manasseh;
Ephraim is the helmet for my head,
Judah, my own scepter.[N]
10[O]Moab is my washbowl;
upon Edom I cast my sandal.[P]
I will triumph over Philistia.”
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11Who will bring me to the fortified city?[Q]
Who will lead me into Edom?
12Was it not you who rejected us, God?
Do you no longer march with our armies?
13Give us aid against the foe;
worthless is human help.
14We will triumph with the help of God,
who will trample down our foes.
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