Psalm 60

Prayer for National Victory after Defeat

To the leader: according to the Lily of the Covenant. A Miktam of David; for instruction; when he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

1O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses;

you have been angry; now restore us!*

2You have caused the land to quake; you have torn it open;

repair the cracks in it, for it is tottering.*

3You have made your people suffer hard things;

you have given us wine to drink that made us reel.*

4You have set up a banner for those who fear you,

to rally to it out of bowshot.t   Selah*

5Give victory with your right hand and answer us,u

so that those whom you love may be rescued.*

6God has promised in his sanctuary,v

“With exultation I will divide up Shechem

and portion out the Vale of Succoth.*

7Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;

Ephraim is my helmet;

Judah is my scepter.*

8Moab is my washbasin;

on Edom I hurl my shoe;

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?

You do not go out, O God, with our armies.*

11O grant us help against the foe,

for human help is worthless.*

12With God we shall do valiantly;

it is he who will tread down our foes.*