Psalms 60

1Unto the end, in hymns, for David.

1To the Overseer. --`Concerning the Lily of Testimony,' a secret treasure of David, to teach, in his striving with Aram-Naharaim, and with Aram-Zobah, and Joab turneth back and smiteth Edom in the valley of Salt--twelve thousand. O God, Thou hadst cast us off, Thou hadst broken us--hadst been angry! --Thou dost turn back to us.

2Hear, O God, my supplication: be attentive to my prayer.

2Thou hast caused the land to tremble, Thou hast broken it, Heal its breaches, for it hath moved.

3To thee have I cried from the ends of the earth: when my heart was in anguish, thou hast exalted me on a rock. Thou hast conducted me;

3Thou hast shewn Thy people a hard thing, Thou hast caused us to drink wine of trembling.

4For thou hast been my hope; a tower of strength against the face of the enemy.

4Thou hast given to those fearing thee an ensign. To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. Selah.

5In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for ever: I shall be protected under the covert of thy wings.

5That Thy beloved ones may be drawn out, Save <FI>with<Fi> Thy right hand, and answer us.

6For thou, my God, hast heard my prayer: thou hast given an inheritance to them that fear thy name.

6God hath spoken in His holiness: I exult--I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure,

7Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years even to generation and generation.

7Mine <FI>is<Fi> Gilead, and mine <FI>is<Fi> Manasseh, And Ephraim <FI>is<Fi> the strength of my head, Judah <FI>is<Fi> my lawgiver,

8He abideth for ever in the sight of God: his mercy and truth who shall search?

8Moab <FI>is<Fi> my pot for washing, over Edom I cast my shoe, Shout, concerning me, O Philistia.

9So will I sing a psalm to thy name for ever and ever: that I may pay my vows from day to day.

9Who doth bring me <FI>to<Fi> a city of bulwarks? Who hath led me unto Edom?

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10Is it not Thou, O God? hast Thou cast us off? And dost Thou not go forth, O God, with our hosts!

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11Give to us help from adversity, And vain <FI>is<Fi> the deliverance of man.

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12In God we do mightily, And He treadeth down our adversaries!