Psalms 60

Psalm 60

Prayer for National Victory after Defeat

1O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses;[#2 Sam 5.20; Ps 44.9; 79.5; 80.3]

you have been angry; now restore us!

2You have caused the land to quake; you have torn it open;[#2 Chr 7.14; Ps 18.7]

repair the cracks in it, for it is tottering.

3You have made your people suffer hard things;[#Ps 71.20; Isa 51.17, 22]

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

4You have set up a banner for those who fear you,[#Ps 20.5]

to rally to it out of bowshot. Selah

5Give victory with your right hand and answer us,[#Ps 17.7; 108.6; 127.2; #60.5 Or me]

so that those whom you love may be rescued.

6God has promised in his sanctuary,[#Gen 12.6; Josh 1.6; Ps 89.35; #60.6 Or by his holiness]

“With exultation I will divide up Shechem

and portion out the Vale of Succoth.

7Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;[#Gen 49.10; Deut 33.17; Josh 13.31]

Ephraim is my helmet;

Judah is my scepter.

8Moab is my washbasin;[#2 Sam 8.1]

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?[#v 1 ; Ps 44.9]

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

11O grant us help against the foe,[#Ps 146.3]

for human help is worthless.

12With God we shall do valiantly;[#Num 24.18; Ps 44.5]

it is he who will tread down our foes.

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