Psalm 60

He Will Tread Down Our Foes

To the choirmaster: according to Shushan Eduth. A Miktam of David; for instruction; when he 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, you have rejected us, broken our defenses;
you have been angry; oh, restore us.
2  You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open;
repair its breaches, for it totters.
3  You have made your people see hard things;
you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger.

4  You have set up a banner for those who fear you,
that they may flee to it from the bow.t Selah
5  That your beloved ones may be delivered,
give salvation by your right hand and answer us!

6  God has spoken in his holiness:t
"With exultation I will divide up Shechem
and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
7  Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet;
Judah is my scepter.
8  Moab is my washbasin;
upon Edom I cast my shoe;
over Philistia I shout in triumph."t

9  Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
10  Have you not rejected us, O God?
You do not go forth, O God, with our armies.
11  Oh, grant us help against the foe,
for vain is the salvation of man!
12  With God we shall do valiantly;
it is he who will tread down our foes.

Psalm 60

1 O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.

2 Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it: Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

3 Thou hast showed thy people hard things: Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.

4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah

5 That thy beloved may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and answer us.

6 God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.

8 Moab is my washpot; Upon Edom will I cast my shoe: Philistia, shout thou because of me.

9 Who will bring me into the strong city? Who hath led me unto Edom?

10 Hast not thou, O God, cast us off? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.

11 Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.

12 Through God we shall do valiantly; For he it is that will tread down our adversaries.