Tehillim 60 - Chapter 60 - Psalm 60

Lamnatsêach al shushan edut, michtam ledavid lelamed
Behatsoto et Aram Naharáyim veet Aram Tsova, vaiashov Ioav vaiach et Edom begê mélach shenem assar álef
Elohim zenachtánu ferats’tánu, anáfta teshovev lánu
Hir’áshta érets petsamtá, refa shevarêha chi máta
Hir’íta amechá cashá, hishkitánu iayin tar’ela
Natáta lireêcha nes lehitnosses, mipenê cóshet sêla
Lemáan iechaletsun iedidêcha, hoshía ieminechá vaanêni
Elohim diber becodsho eeloza, achalecá Shechém veémec sucót amaded
Li Gil’ad veli Menashe veefráyim maoz roshi, Iehudá mechokeki
Moav sir rach’tsi, al Edom ashlich naali, alai peléshet hit’roái
Mi iovilêni ir matsor, mi nachani ad Edom
Halo ata Elohim zenachtánu, velo tetse Elohim betsivotênu
Háva lanu ezrat mitsar, veshav teshuat adam
Belohim naasse cháyil, vehu iavus tsarênu

1. To the chief Musician, according to Shushan-Eduth, A Miktam of David, to teach;
2. When he strove with Aram-Naharaim and with Aram-Zobah, when Joab returned, and struck twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.
3. O God, you have cast us off, you have scattered us, you have been angry; O turn yourself to us again.
4. You have made the earth tremble; you have broken it; heal its breaches; for it totters.
5. You have shown your people hard things; you have made us drink the wine of staggering.
6. You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
7. That your beloved ones may be saved; save with your right hand, and answer me.
8. God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the Valley of Succoth.
9. Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of my head; Judah is my scepter;
10. Moab is my washbasin; over Edom I will cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph.
11. Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
12. Have you not rejected us, O God, so that you do not go forth with our armies?
13. Give us help against the enemy; for vain is the help of man.
14. Through God we shall do bravely; for he it is who shall trample down our enemies.

Before going to war

This psalm tells of when Joab, David's general, came to Aram Naharayim for war and was asked by the people: "Are you not from the children of Jacob? What of the pact he made with Laban?" Not knowing what to answer, Joab asked the Sanhedrin. The psalm includes David's prayer for success in this war.