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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For the music director. According to “Lily of the Testimony.” A psalm (miktam) of David, useful for teaching, about the time he fought against Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and then Joab returned and killed 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
1You, God, have rejected us! You have broken us; you have been angry with us; but now you have to welcome us back!#60:1. Literally, “restore.”
2You have sent earthquakes on our land and split it apart. Now heal the cracks, for the land is still having tremors.
3You have been very hard on your people; you gave us wine that made us stagger around.
4But you have given those who respect you the banner of truth to unfurl and rally around.#60:4. The Hebrew is unclear and capable of many interpretations. Selah.
5Rescue those you love! Answer us, and save us by your power!
6God has spoken from his Temple: “Triumphantly I divide up Shechem, and portion out the Valley of Succoth.#60:6. This presumably refers to the dividing up of the country when the Israelites entered the Promised Land.
7Both Gilead and Manasseh belong to me. Ephraim is my helmet, and Judah is my scepter.#60:7. Ephraim was the tribe of many warriors, and synonymous with the northern kingdom, while Judah was the tribe from which the kings came, and symbolized the southern kingdom.
8I will treat Moab as my washbasin; I will place my sandal on Edom; I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”#60:8. These are all symbols of victory and subjugation.
9Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me into Edom?#60:9. Since it is unlikely that the speaker of these lines is God, it is conjectured that it is now the king that is speaking. The fortified city is probably Sela, the capital of Edom, later called Petra.
10Have you rejected us, God? Won't you lead our armies?
11Please give us help against our enemies, for human help is worthless.#60:11. Literally, “the help of man is vain.”
12Our strength is in God, and he will crush our enemies.
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