Psalm 60 - 62

Through God We Shall Do Valiantly

For the choir director. According to Shushan Eduth. A Mikhtam of David. For teaching. When he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

O God, You have rejected us. You have broken us;

You have been angry; Oh, restore us.

You have made the land quake, You have split it open;

Heal its breaches, for it shakes.

You have caused Your people to see hardship;

You have given us wine to drink that causes reeling.

You have given a banner to those who fear You,

In order to flee to it from the bow. Selah.

That Your beloved may be rescued,

Save with Your right hand, and answer us!

God has spoken in His holiness:

“I will exult, I will portion out Shechem and measure out the valley of Succoth.

Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;

Ephraim also is the helmet of My head;

Judah is My scepter.

Moab is My washbowl;

Over Edom I shall throw My shoe;

Make a loud shout, O Philistia, because of Me!”

Who will bring me into the fortified city?

Who will lead me to Edom?

Have You Yourself, O God, not rejected us?

And will You, O God, not go forth with our armies?

Oh give us help against the adversary,

For salvation by man is worthless.

Through God we shall do valiantly,

And it is He who will tread down our adversaries.

Lead Me to the Rock

For the choir director. On a stringed instrument. Of David.

Hear my cry of lamentation, O God;

Give heed to my prayer.

From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint;

Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

For You have been a refuge for me,

A tower of strength before the enemy.

Let me sojourn in Your tent forever;

Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah.

For You, O God, have heard my vows;

You have given me the inheritance of those who fear Your name.

You will add days to the king’s life;

His years will be from generation to generation.

He will sit enthroned before God forever;

Appoint lovingkindness and truth that they may guard him.

So I will sing praise to Your name forever,

As I pay my vows day by day.

God Is a Refuge for Us

For the choir director. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

Surely my soul waits in silence for God;

From Him is my salvation.

Surely He is my rock and my salvation,

My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.

How long will you assail a man,

That you may murder him, all of you,

Like a leaning wall, like a fence thrust down?

Surely they have counseled to thrust him down from his high position;

They find pleasure in falsehood;

They bless with their mouth,

But inwardly they curse. Selah.

Surely wait in silence for God, O my soul,

For my hope is from Him.

Surely He is my rock and my salvation,

My stronghold; I shall not be shaken.

On God my salvation and my glory rest;

The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God.

Trust in Him at all times, O people;

Pour out your heart before Him;

God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Surely men of low degree are merely vanity and men of rank are a lie;

In the balances they go up;

They are together lighter than a breath of vanity.

Do not trust in oppression

And do not put vain hope in robbery;

If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

Once God has spoken;

Twice I have heard this:

That strength belongs to God;

And that to You, O Lord, belongs lovingkindness,

For You repay a man according to his work.

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