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Psalm 60

Dauid being now King ouer Iudáh and hauing had manie victories, ſheweth by euident ſignes, that God elected him King, aſſuring the people that God wil proſper thē, if they approue the ſame 11 After he praieth vnto God to finiſh that that he hathe begonne
To him that excelleth vpon Shuſhan Eduth, or Michtám. A Pſal. of Dauid to teache. When he foght againſt Arám Naharáim, and againſt Arám Zobáh, whē Ioab returned and ſlew twelue thouſand Edomites in the ſalt valley.
1.O God, thou haſt caſt vs out, thou haſt ſcatered vs, thou haſt bene angrie, turne againe vnto vs.
2.Thou haſt made the land to tremble, and haſt made it to gape: heale the breaches thereof, for it is ſhaken.
3.Thou haſt ſhewed thy people heauie things: thou haſt made vs to drinke the wine of giddines.
4.But now thou haſt giuen a banner to thē that feare thee, that it maie be diſplaied becauſe of thy trueth. Sélah.
5.That thy beloued may be deliuered, help with thy right hand and heare me.
6.God hathe ſpoken in his holines: therefore I wil reioyce: I ſhal deuide Shechém, & meaſure the valley of Succóth.
7.Gileád ſhalbe mine, and Manaſſéh ſhalbe mine: Ephráim alſo ſhalbe the ſtrength of mine head: Iudáh is my lawgiuer.
8.Moáb ſhalbe my waſh pot: ouer Edóm wil I caſt out my ſhoe: Paleſtina ſhew thy ſelf ioyful for me.
9.Who wil lead me into the ſtrong citie? who wil bring me vnto Edóm?
10.Wilt not thou, ô God, which hadeſt caſt vs of, & dideſt not go forthe, ô God, with our armies?
11.Giue vs helpe againſt trouble: for vaine is the helpe of man.
12.Through God we ſhal do valiantly: for he ſhal treade downe our enemies.

Notes

1:a.
Theſe were certeine ſongs after the note whereof this pſalme was ſung.
1:*.
2 Sam. 8, 3. & 10, 1.
1:".
Or, Syriá, called Meſopotamia
1:b.
Called alſo Syphene wc ſtādeth by Euphrates
1:c.
For when Saúl was not able to reſiſt ye enemie ye people fled hether & thether: for thei colde not be ſafe in their owne houſes
2:d.
As cleft wt an earth quake
3:e.
Thou haſt handled thy people ſharply in taking from them ſenſe and iudgement, in that thei aided Saúl the wicked King, and purſued him, to whome God had giuen the iuſt title of the realme.
4:f.
In making me King, thou haſt perfourmed thy promes, which ſemed to haue loſt the force
6:g.
It is ſo certeine, as if it were ſpoken by an oracle, that I ſhal poſſeſſe theſe places, which Saúl hiac left to his children
7:h.
For it was ſtrong and wel peopled.
7:i.
Dauid meaneth, that in this tribe his kingdome ſhalbe eſtabliſhed, Gen 49.10
8:k.
In moſt vile ſubiection.
8:l.
For yu wilt diſſemble, and faine as thogh yu wereſt glad.
9:m.
He was aſſured that God wolde giue hĩ ye ſtrong cities of his enemies wherein they thoght thẽ ſelues ſure.