60:1 [For the music director; according to ①Shushan Eduth. A ②Mikhtam of David, to teach; ③when he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.]
God, You have rejected us. You have ④broken us;
You have been angry; restore us!
▷ ①Lit The lily of testimony ②Possibly, Epigrammatic Poem or Atonement Psalm ③2 Sam 8:3, 13; 1 Chr 18:3, 12 ④Or broken out upon us
60:2 You have made the ①land quake, You have split it open;
Heal its cracks, for it sways.
▷ ①Or earth
60:3 You have ①made Your people experience hardship;
You have given us ②wine to drink that makes us stagger.
▷ ①Lit caused Your people to see ②Lit wine of staggering
60:4 You have given a banner to those who fear You,
That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah
60:5 That Your beloved may be rescued,
Save us with Your right hand, and answer ①us!
▷ ①Some authorities me
60:6 God has spoken in His ①holiness:
“I will triumph, I will divide up Shechem, and measure out the Valley of Succoth.
▷ ①Or sanctuary
60:7 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim also is the ①helmet of My head;
Judah is My scepter.
▷ ①Lit protection
60:8 Moab is My washbowl;
I will throw My sandal over Edom;
Shout loud, Philistia, because of Me!”
60:9 Who will bring me into the besieged city?
Who ①will lead me to Edom?
▷ ①Or has led
60:10 Have You Yourself not rejected us, God?
And will You not go out with our armies, God?
60:11 Oh give us help against the enemy,
For rescue ①by man is worthless.
▷ ①Lit of
60:12 ①Through God we will do valiantly,
And it is He who will trample down our enemies.
▷ ①Or In; or With