Psalm 60

Victory with God// 2 Samuel 8:1–14; 1 Chronicles 18:1–13; Psalm 108:1–13

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

¹You have rejected us, O God;

You have broken us;

You have been angry;

restore us!

• PS 60:1[NOTE]THE VALLEY OF SALT. 2 Samuel 8:13 and 1 Chronicles 18:12 tell this war. The numbers are told differently there; see Samuel and Chronicles in 2 Samuel.

²You have shaken the land

and torn it open.

Heal its fractures,

for it is quaking.

³You have shown Your people hardship;

we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.

⁴You have raised a banner for those who fear You,

that they may flee the bow.

Selah

⁵Respond and save us with Your right hand,

that Your beloved may be delivered.

⁶God has spoken from His sanctuary:

“I will triumph!

I will parcel out Shechem

and apportion the Valley of Succoth.

⁷Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;

Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.

⁸Moab is My washbasin;

upon 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?

¹⁰Have You not rejected us, O God?

Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?

¹¹Give us aid against the enemy,

for the help of man is worthless.

¹²With God we will perform with valor,

and He will trample our enemies.