^1. Psalm 60 For the director of music. To [the tune of] "The Lily of the Covenant." A [3] of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim [2] and Aram Zobah, [1] and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

^1. You have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us; you have been angry--now restore us!

^2. You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking.

^3. You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us wine that makes us stagger.

^4. But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow.

^5. Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.

^6. God has spoken from his sanctuary: "In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the Valley of Succoth.

^7. Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my scepter.

^8. Moab is my washbasin, upon Edom I toss my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph."

^9. Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

^10. Is it not you, O God, you who have rejected us and no longer go out with our armies?

^11. Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.

^12. With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.