Psalm 60

He Will Tread Down Our Foes

To the choirmaster: according to #Ps. 80, title Shushan Eduth. A #See Ps. 16, title Miktam#60:1 Probably musical or liturgical terms of David; #Deut. 31:19for instruction; when he #[2 Sam. 8:3, 13, 14; 10:16; 1 Chr. 18:3, 12]strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

1 O God, *ver. 10;See Ps. 44:9you have rejected us, *[2 Sam. 5:20] broken our defenses;

you have been angry; *See Ps. 80:3oh, restore us.

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

*[2 Chr. 7:14]repair its breaches, for it totters.

3 *Ps. 71:20You have made your people see hard things;

*Job 21:20you have given us *Isa. 51:17,22wine to drink that made us stagger.

4 You have set up *Isa. 5:26;11:12;13:2;[Ps. 20:5] a banner for those who fear you,

that they may flee to it *Prov. 22:21from the bow.*60:4 Or that it may be displayed because of truthSelah

5 *For ver. 5-12, see Ps. 108:6-13That your *Deut. 33:12;Jer. 11:15beloved ones may be delivered,

give salvation by your right hand and answer us!

6 God has spoken *Ps. 89:35;Amos 4:2in his holiness:*60:6 Or sanctuary

"With exultation *[Josh. 1:6] I will divide up *Gen. 12:6;33:18;Josh. 17:7Shechem

and portion out the Vale of *Gen. 33:17;Josh. 13:27Succoth.

7 *Josh. 13:31Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;

*Deut. 33:17Ephraim is *Ps. 140:7my helmet;

Judah is my *Gen. 49:10scepter.

8 *[2 Sam. 8:2] Moab is my washbasin;

upon Edom I *[Matt. 3:11] cast my shoe;

over *[2 Sam. 8:1]Philistia I shout in triumph."*60:8 Revocalization (compare Psalm 108:10); Masoretic Text over me, O Philistia, shout in triumph

9 Who will bring me to the fortified city?

*[2 Sam. 8:14]Who will lead me to Edom?

10 Have you not *ver. 1rejected us, O God?

You *See Ps. 44:9do not go forth, O God, with our armies.

11 Oh, grant us help against the foe,

for *[Ps. 146:3]vain is the salvation of man!

12 With God we shall *Ps. 108:13;118:15,16;Num. 24:18do valiantly;

it is he who will *Ps. 44:5;Isa. 63:3tread down our foes.