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
1To the Overseer. --`Concerning the Lily of Testimony,' a secret treasure of David, to teach, in his striving with Aram-Naharaim, and with Aram-Zobah, and Joab turneth back and smiteth Edom in the valley of Salt--twelve thousand. O God, Thou hadst cast us off, Thou hadst broken us--hadst been angry! --Thou dost turn back to us.+ 2Thou hast caused the land to tremble, Thou hast broken it, Heal its breaches, for it hath moved.+ 3Thou hast shewn Thy people a hard thing, Thou hast caused us to drink wine of trembling.+ 4Thou hast given to those fearing thee an ensign. To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. Selah.+ 5That Thy beloved ones may be drawn out, Save with Thy right hand, and answer us.+ 6God hath spoken in His holiness: I exult--I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure,+ 7Mine is Gilead, and mine is Manasseh, And Ephraim is the strength of my head, Judah is my lawgiver,+ 8Moab is my pot for washing, over Edom I cast my shoe, Shout, concerning me, O Philistia.+ 9Who doth bring me to a city of bulwarks? Who hath led me unto Edom?+ 10Is it not Thou, O God? hast Thou cast us off? And dost Thou not go forth, O God, with our hosts!+ 11Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the deliverance of man.+ 12In God we do mightily, And He treadeth down our adversaries!+