Psa 60 | ABEn | STEP | To the director; for the changings; for an inscription on a monument; to David; for teaching when he set on fire Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syria Zobah; and Joab returned and struck Edom in the ravine of salts -- twelve thousand. O God, you thrusted us away, and demolished us. You were provoked to anger, yet you pitied us.

‏ Psalms 60

PSALM 60

God Helps Those in Affliction

To the director; for the changings; for an inscription on a monument; to David; for teaching when he set on fire Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syria Zobah; and Joab returned and struck Edom in the ravine of salts -- twelve thousand.

1 O God, you thrusted us away, and demolished us. You were provoked to anger, yet you pitied us. 2 You shook the earth, and disturbed it. Heal its breaks! for it was shaken. 3 You showed to your people hard things; you watered us down with the wine of vexation. 4 You gave to the ones fearing you a signal to flee from the face of the bow. PAUSE. 5 So that [²should be rescued ¹your beloved]. Deliver with your hand, and heed me! 6 God spoke in his holy place; I will exult, and I will divide Shechem, and the valley of the tents I will measure out. 7 [²is mine ¹Gilead], and [²is mine ¹Manasseh], and Ephraim is the fortification of my head; Judah is my king; 8 Moab is a kettle of my hope; over Edom I will stretch out my sandal. [³to me ¹The Philistines ²submitted]. 9 Who shall take me away into the city citadel? Or who shall guide me unto Edom? 10 Will not you, O God, the one thrusting us away? And will you not go forth, O God, with our forces? 11 Give to us help from affliction! for [³is vain ¹deliverance ²of man]. 12 In God we do powerfully, and he shall treat with contempt the ones afflicting us.