For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam + 60:1 Miktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 16 and 56–60. of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim + 60:1 That is, Mesopotamia; Aram-naharaim means Aram of the two rivers , likely the region between the Euphrates and Balih Rivers in northwestern Mesopotamia. and Aram-zobah, + 60:1 That is, the land northeast of Damascus and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
Victory with God
2 Samuel 8:1–14; 1 Chronicles 18:1–13; Psalm 108:1–13
1God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again.+ 2You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes.+ 3You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.+ 4You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.+ 5So that your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.+ 6God has spoken from his sanctuary: “I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.+ 7Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter.+ 8Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my shoe on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia.”+ 9Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom?+ 10Haven’t you, God, rejected us? You don’t go out with our armies, God.+ 11Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain.+ 12Through God we shall do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.+