Psalmen 60

1. ¹For the Leader; upon Shushan Eduth; Michtam of David, to teach;
2. ²when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.
3. ³O God, Thou hast cast us off, Thou has(in der Quelle möglicherweise unvollständig)
4. ⁴Thou hast made the land to shake, Thou hast cleft it; heal the breaches thereof; for it tottereth.
5. ⁵Thou hast made Thy people to see hard things; Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.
6. ⁶Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah
7. ⁷That Thy beloved may be delivered, save with Thy right hand, and answer me.
8. ⁸God spoke in His holiness, that I would exult; that I would divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
9. ⁹Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.
10. ¹⁰Moab is my washpot; upon Edom do I cast my shoe; Philistia, cry aloud because of me!
11. ¹¹Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me unto Edom?
12. ¹²Hast not Thou, O God, cast us off? And Thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.
13. ¹³Give us help against the adversary; for vain is the help of man.
14. ¹⁴Through God we shall do valiantly; for He it is that will tread down our adversaries.

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