60:1 O GOD, You have rejected us {and} cast us off, broken down [our defenses], {and} scattered us; You have been angry--O restore us {and} turn Yourself to us again! |
60:2 You have made the land to quake {and} tremble, You have rent it [open]; repair its breaches, for it shakes {and} totters. |
60:3 You have made Your people suffer hard things; You have given us to drink wine that makes us reel {and} be dazed. |
60:4 [But now] You have set up a banner for those who fear {and} worshipfully revere You [to which they may flee from the bow], a standard displayed because of the truth. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! |
60:5 That Your beloved ones may be delivered, save with Your right hand and answer us [or me]. |
60:6 God has spoken in His holiness [in His promises]: I will rejoice, I will divide and portion out [the land] Shechem and the Valley of Succoth [west to east]. |
60:7 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is My helmet (the defense of My head); Judah is My scepter {and} My lawgiver. |
60:8 Moab is My washpot [reduced to vilest servitude]; upon Edom I cast My shoe in triumph; over Philistia I raise the shout of victory. |
60:9 Who will bring me [David] into the strong city [of Petra]? Who will lead me into Edom? |
60:10 Have You not rejected us, O God? And will You not go forth, O God, with our armies? |
60:11 O give us help against the adversary, for vain (ineffectual and to no purpose) is the help or salvation of man. |
60:12 Through God we shall do valiantly, for He it is Who shall tread down our adversaries. |