Psalm 60-61

Darby Translation

To the chief Musician. On Shushan. Testimony. Michtam of David; to teach: when he strove with the Syrians of Mesopotamia, and the Syrians of Zobah, and Joab returned, and smote the Edomites in the valley of salt, twelve thousand.

60 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased: restore us again.

² Thou hast made the earth to tremble, thou hast rent it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

³ Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us to drink the wine of bewilderment.

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 ones may be delivered. Save with thy right hand, and answer me.

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, and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

⁸ Moab is my wash-pot; upon Edom will I cast my sandal; Philistia, shout aloud because of me.

⁹ Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me unto Edom?

¹⁰ [Wilt] not thou, O God, who didst cast us off? and didst not go forth, O God, with our armies?

¹¹ Give us help from trouble; for vain is man's deliverance.

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

To the chief Musician. On a stringed instrument. [A Psalm] of David.

61 Hear, O God, my cry; attend unto my prayer.

² From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: thou wilt lead me on to a rock which is too high for me.

³ For thou hast been a refuge for me, a strong tower from before the enemy.

⁴ I will sojourn in thy tent for ever; I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

⁵ For thou, O God, hast heard my vows; thou hast given [me] the inheritance of those that fear thy name.

⁶ Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years shall be as many generations.

⁷ He shall abide before God for ever: bestow loving-kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.

⁸ So will I sing forth thy name for ever, performing my vows from day to day.