Psalms 60
60
Has God Forgotten Us?
To the Pure and Shining One
King David’s poem for instruction # 60 Or “According to Shushan Eduth. A Mikhtam of David, to teach.” There is no scholarly consensus about what Shushan Eduth means. Some have concluded it refers to a specific tune or possibly an instrument, but it remains a mystery. composed when he fought against the Syrians with the outcome still uncertain and Joab turned back to kill twelve thousand descendants of Esau in the Valley of Salt
To the tune of “Lily of the Covenant”
1God, it seems like you walked off and left us!
Why have you turned against us?
You have been angry with us.
O Lord, we plead, come back and help us as a father.
2The earth quivers and quakes before you,
splitting open and breaking apart.
Now come and heal it, for it is shaken to its depths.
3You have taught us hard lessons
and made us drink the wine of bewilderment.
4You have given miraculous signs to those who love you.
As we follow you, we fly the flag of truth,
and all who love the truth will rally to it.
Pause in his presence
5Come to your beloved ones and gently draw us out.
For Lord, you save those whom you love.
Come with your might and strength!
6-7Then I heard the Lord speak in his holy splendor.
From his sanctuary I heard the Lord promise:
“In my triumph I will be the one to measure out
the portion of my inheritance to my people,
and I will secure the land as I promised you.
Shechem, Succoth, Gilead, Manasseh,
they are all still mine!” he says.
“Judah will continue to produce kings and lawgivers,
and Ephraim will produce great warriors.
8Moab will become my lowly servant.
Edom will likewise serve my purposes.
I will lift up a shout of victory over the land of Philistia!
9But who will bring my triumph into the strong city?
Who will lead me into Edom’s # 60:9 Edom is a variant form of the name Adam. fortresses?”
10Have you really rejected us, refusing to fight our battles?
11Give us a father’s help when we face our enemies.
For to trust in any man is an empty hope.
12With God’s help we will fight like heroes,
and he will trample down our every foe!
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Psalm 60
Prayer in Difficult Times
For the choir director: according to “The Lily of Testimony.”#Ps 45; 69; 80 A Miktam of David for teaching. When he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck Edom in Salt Valley, killing twelve thousand.#1Ch 18:3,12
1God, you have rejected us;
you have broken us down;
you have been angry. Restore us!#60:1 Or Turn back to us#Ps 44:9,23; 79:5
2You have shaken the land and split it open.
Heal its fissures, for it shudders.#Ps 18:7
3You have made your people suffer hardship;
you have given us wine to drink
that made us stagger.#Is 51:17–23; Jr 25:15–17
4You have given a signal flag to those who fear you,
so that they can flee before the archers.#60:4 Or can rally before the archers, or can rally because of the truth#Is 5:26; 11:12; 13:2Selah
5Save with your right hand, and answer me,
so that those you love may be rescued.#Ps 17:7; 20:6; 138:7
6God has spoken in his sanctuary:#60:6 Or has promised by his holy nature
“I will celebrate!
I will divide up Shechem.#Gn 12:6; 33:18
I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.#Gn 33:17
7Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine,
and Ephraim is my helmet;#Dt 33:17; Jos 13:31
Judah is my scepter.#Gn 49:10
8Moab is my washbasin.#2Sm 8:2
I throw my sandal on Edom;#2Sm 8:14
I shout in triumph over Philistia.”#2Sm 8:1
9Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?#Jr 1:18
10God, haven’t you rejected us?
God, you do not march out with our armies.#Ps 44:9
11Give us aid against the foe,
for human help is worthless.#Ps 146:3
12With God we will perform valiantly;#Nm 24:18; Ps 44:5; 118:15–16
he will trample our foes.#Ps 108:6–13
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