Psalms 60
The psalmist laments God's rejection and anger, which has caused the earth to be disturbed and the people to suffer. Despite this, the psalmist asks God to heal the breaches and deliver his people, acknowledging God's power and sovereignty over the land. The psalmist expresses confidence in God's ability to lead and protect them, and asks for help in times of tribulation, recognizing that salvation comes from God alone.
1Unto the end. For those who will be changed, with the inscription of a title, of David himself, for instruction: when he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal, and Joab turned back and struck Idumea, in the valley of the salt pits, twelve thousand men. O God, you have rejected us, and you have ruined us. You became angry, and yet you have been merciful to us2You have moved the earth, and you have disturbed it. Heal its breaches, for it has been moved3You have revealed to your people difficulties. You have made us drink the wine of remorse4You have given a warning sign to those who fear you, so that they may flee from before the face of the bow, so that your beloved may be delivered5Save me with your right hand, and hear me6God has spoken in his holy place: I will rejoice, and I will divide Shechem, and I will measure the steep valley of the tabernacles7Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. And Ephraim is the strength of my head. Judah is my king8Moab is the cooking pot of my hope. Into Idumea, I will extend my shoe. To me, the foreigners have been made subject9Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will lead me all the way to Idumea10Will not you, O God, who has rejected us? And will not you, O God, go out with our armies11Grant us help from tribulation. For salvation from man is empty12In God, we will act virtuously. And those who trouble us, he will lead to nothing
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