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.
Unto 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 usYou have moved the earth, and you have disturbed it. Heal its breaches, for it has been movedYou have revealed to your people difficulties. You have made us drink the wine of remorseYou 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 deliveredSave me with your right hand, and hear meGod has spoken in his holy place: I will rejoice, and I will divide Shechem, and I will measure the steep valley of the tabernaclesGilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. And Ephraim is the strength of my head. Judah is my kingMoab is the cooking pot of my hope. Into Idumea, I will extend my shoe. To me, the foreigners have been made subjectWho will lead me into the fortified city? Who will lead me all the way to IdumeaWill not you, O God, who has rejected us? And will not you, O God, go out with our armiesGrant us help from tribulation. For salvation from man is emptyIn God, we will act virtuously. And those who trouble us, he will lead to nothing
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