Psalm 60

Prayer in Difficult Times

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1} For the choir director: according to “The Lily of Testimony.”^(a) A Davidic Miktam for teaching. When he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck Edom in the Valley of Salt, killing 12,000.^(A)

God, You have rejected us;
You have broken out^(b) against us;
You have been angry. Restore us!^(c)^(B)

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You have shaken the land and split it open.
Heal its fissures, for it shudders.^(C)

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You have made Your people suffer hardship;
You have given us wine to drink
that made us stagger.^(D)

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You have given a signal flag to those who fear You,
so that they can flee before the archers.^(d)^(E)Selah

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Save with Your right hand, and answer me,
so that those You love may be rescued.^(F)

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God has spoken in His sanctuary:^(e)
“I will triumph! I will divide up Shechem.^(G)
I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.^(H)

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Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine,
and Ephraim is My helmet;^(I)
Judah is My scepter.^(J)

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Moab is My washbasin.^(K)
I throw My sandal on Edom;^(L)
I shout in triumph over Philistia.”^(M)

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Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?^(N)

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God, haven’t You rejected us?
God, You do not march out with our armies.^(O)

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Give us aid against the foe,
for human help is worthless.^(P)

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With God we will perform valiantly;^(Q)
He will trample our foes.^(R)

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 60:1: Possibly a tune; Pss 45; 69; 80

b. Psalm 60:1: Lit have burst through

c. Psalm 60:1: Or Turn back to us

d. Psalm 60:4: Or can rally before the archers, or can rally because of the truth

e. Psalm 60:6: Or has promised by His holy nature

Cross references:

B. Psalm 60:1: Psalm 44:9; Psalm 44:23; Psalm 79:5

C. Psalm 60:2: Psalm 18:7

D. Psalm 60:3: Isaiah 51:17-23; Jeremiah 25:15-17

E. Psalm 60:4: Isaiah 5:26; Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 13:2

F. Psalm 60:5: Psalm 17:7; Psalm 20:6; Psalm 138:7

G. Psalm 60:6: Genesis 12:6; Genesis 33:18

H. Psalm 60:6: Genesis 33:17

I. Psalm 60:7: Deuteronomy 33:17; Joshua 13:31

J. Psalm 60:7: Genesis 49:10

K. Psalm 60:8: 2 Samuel 8:2

L. Psalm 60:8: 2 Samuel 8:14

M. Psalm 60:8: 2 Samuel 8:1

N. Psalm 60:9: Jeremiah 1:18

O. Psalm 60:10: Psalm 44:9

P. Psalm 60:11: Psalm 146:3

Q. Psalm 60:12: Numbers 24:18; Psalm 44:5; Psalm 118:15-16

R. Psalm 60:5: Psalm 108:6-13