they say, "who hears us?"
059:008 But you, Yahweh, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations.
059:009 Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower.
059:010 My God will go before me with his loving kindness.
God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
059:011 Don't kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them
by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
059:012 For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips,
let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies
which they utter.
059:013 Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more.
Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of
the earth. Selah.
059:014 At evening let them return. Let them howl like a dog,
and go around the city.
059:015 They shall wander up and down for food, and wait all night
if they aren't satisfied.
059:016 But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud
of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been
my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.
059:017 To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower,
the God of my mercy.
060:001 <<For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant."
A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim
and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve
thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.>> God, you have
rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry.
Restore us, again.
060:002 You have made the land tremble. You have torn it.
Mend its fractures, for it quakes.
060:003 You have shown your people hard things. You have made us
drink the wine that makes us stagger.
060:004 You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be
displayed because of the truth. Selah.
060:005 So that your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand,
and answer us.
060:006 God has spoken from his sanctuary: "I will triumph.
I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
060:007 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense
of my head. Judah is my scepter.
060:008 Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my shoe on Edom.
I shout in triumph over Philistia."
060:009 Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom?
060:010 Haven't you, God, rejected us? You don't go out with
our armies, God.
060:011 Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain.
060:012 Through God we shall do valiantly, for it is he who will tread
down our adversaries.
061:001 <<For the Chief Musician. For a stringed instrument.
By David.>> Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer.
061:002 From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart
is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
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