Psalm 60

A Prayer for Help against the Foe

¹O God, thou hast cast us off,

thou has scattered us,

thou hast been displeased;

O turn thyself to us again.

²Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it:

heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

³Thou hast showed thy people hard things:

thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.

⁴Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee,

that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

⁵That thy beloved may be delivered;

save with thy right hand, and hear me.

⁶God hath spoken in his holiness;

I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem,

and mete out the valley of Succoth.

⁷Gil´e-ad is mine, and Manas´seh is mine;

E´phra-im also is the strength of mine head;

Judah is my lawgiver;

⁸Moab is my washpot;

over Edom will I cast out my shoe:

Philis´ti-a, triumph thou because of me.

⁹Who will bring me into the strong city?

Who will lead me into Edom?

¹⁰Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off?

and thou , O God, which didst not go out with our armies?

¹¹Give us help from trouble:

for vain is the help of man.

¹²Through God we shall do valiantly:

for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.