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Psalm 60:1

To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve ° thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.

2

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

3

Thou hast showed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.

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 may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.

6

God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

7

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

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Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.

9

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

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Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?

11

Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

12

Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

Psalm 60:1

60:1 turn thyself to us again. This is the last of David’s six “Michtams.” The meaning of “michtam” is uncertain but seems to reflect deep concern overlain with trust. The King James translators believed it was related to the Hebrew word for “engraving” and so called such psalms “golden psalms.”

Psalm 60:4

60:4 given a banner. Despite the unnamed setbacks in their efforts to claim the entire land of promise, David in faith would go forward under his banner of “truth,” believing in the promises of God’s Word. The remaining verses express confidence that God will indeed give them victories over all portions of the promised land.

Psalm 61 (title) Neginah. The term “neginah,” meaning “stringed instrument,” is essentially the singular of “neginoth” (e.g., Psalm 4). The stringed instrument was probably that of David himself.

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