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![1]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.[4]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 sceptre.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 shall gain the victory, and he will trample 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)