1To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.2Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.3Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.4Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.5That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.6God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.7Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;8Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.9Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?10Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou , O God, which didst not go out with our armies?11Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.12Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
Psalm 60
English Standard Version
He Will Tread Down Our Foes
1To the choirmaster: according to Shushan Eduth. A Miktam[1] of David; for instruction; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, restore us. (De 31:19; 2Sa 5:20; 2Sa 8:3; 2Sa 8:13; 2Sa 10:16; 1Ch 18:3; 1Ch 18:12; Ps 16:1; Ps 44:9; Ps 60:10; Ps 80:1; Ps 80:3)2You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair its breaches, for it totters. (2Ch 7:14)3You have made your people see hard things; you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger. (Job 21:20; Ps 71:20; Isa 51:17; Isa 51:22)4You have set up a banner for those who fear you, that they may flee to it from the bow.[2] (Ps 20:5; Pr 22:21; Isa 5:26; Isa 11:12; Isa 13:2)5That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer us! (De 33:12; Ps 108:6; Jer 11:15)6God has spoken in his holiness:[3] “With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth. (Ge 12:6; Ge 33:17; Ge 33:18; Jos 1:6; Jos 13:27; Jos 17:7; Ps 89:35; Am 4:2)7Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet; Judah is my scepter. (Ge 49:10; De 33:17; Jos 13:31; Ps 140:7)8Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”[4] (2Sa 8:1; 2Sa 8:2; Mt 3:11)9Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom? (2Sa 8:14)10Have you not rejected us, O God? You do not go forth, O God, with our armies. (Ps 44:9; Ps 60:1)11Oh, grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man! (Ps 146:3)12With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes. (Nu 24:18; Ps 44:5; Ps 108:13; Ps 118:15; Isa 63:3)