Psalms 59

¹Unto the end. For those who will be changed, with the inscription of a title, of David himself, for instruction

²when he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal, and Joab turned back and struck Idumea, in the valley of the salt pits, twelve thousand men

³O God, you have rejected us, and you have ruined us. You became angry, and yet you have been merciful to us

⁴You have moved the earth, and you have disturbed it. Heal its breaches, for it has been moved

⁵You have revealed to your people difficulties. You have made us drink the wine of remorse

⁶You have given a warning sign to those who fear you, so that they may flee from before the face of the bow, so that your beloved may be delivered

⁷Save me with your right hand, and hear me

⁸God has spoken in his holy place: I will rejoice, and I will divide Shechem, and I will measure the steep valley of the tabernacles

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

¹⁰Moab is the cooking pot of my hope. Into Idumea, I will extend my shoe. To me, the foreigners have been made subject

¹¹Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will lead me all the way to Idumea

¹²Will not you, O God, who has rejected us? And will not you, O God, go out with our armies

¹³Grant us help from tribulation. For salvation from man is empty

¹⁴In God, we will act virtuously. And those who trouble us, he will lead to nothing