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Psalms 59

1For the End; for things yet to be changed; for a pillar inscription; by David; for teaching,

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2when he burned Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syrian Soba, and Joab returned and struck twelve thousand in the Valley of Salt.

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3O God, You drove us off and destroyed us; You were angry, and had mercy on us.

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4You made the earth quake, and You troubled it; Repair its ruins, for it was shaken.

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5You showed Your people difficult things; You made us drink the wine of bewilderment.

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6You gave a sign to those who fear You, So they may flee from the face of the bow. (Pause)

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7That Your beloved may be rescued, Save with Your right hand, and hear me.

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8God spoke in His holy place: I will greatly rejoice, and divide Shechem, And I will measure out the valley of the tabernacles.

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9Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, And Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my king.

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10Moab is the cauldron of my hope; Over Edom I will extend my shoe; Foreign tribes were subjected to me.

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11Who will bring me into a fortified city? Who will lead me as far as Edom?

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12Will not You, O God, who drove us away? And will not You, O God, go out with our armies?

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13Give us help from affliction, For the salvation of man is useless.

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14But in God we shall work power, And He will utterly scorn those who afflict us.

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