Psalm 60

Common Metre (8,6,8,6)

Suggested Tunes:

(vv.1-5) 50 Dundee, 42 Coleshill, 35 Blackbourn

(vv.6-12) 130 Sheffield, 41 Colchester

1    O Lord, thou hast rejected us,

            and scatter’d us abroad;

      Thou justly hast displeased been;

            return to us, O God.

2    The earth to tremble thou hast made;

            therein didst breaches make:

      Do thou thereof the breaches heal,

            because the land doth shake.

3    Unto thy people thou hard things

            hast shew’d, and on them sent;

      And thou hast caused us to drink

            wine of astonishment.

4    And yet a banner thou hast giv’n

            to them who thee do fear;

      That it by them, because of truth,

            displayed may appear.

5    That thy beloved people may

            deliver’d be from thrall,

      Save with the pow’r of thy right hand,

            and hear me when I call.

6    God in his holiness hath spoke;

            herein I will take pleasure:

      Shechem I will divide, and forth

            will Succoth’s valley measure.

7    Gilead I claim as mine by right;

            Manasseh mine shall be;

      Ephraim is of mine head the strength;

            Judah gives laws for me;

8    Moab’s my washing-pot; my shoe

            I’ll over Edom throw;

      And over Palestina’s land

            will in triumph go.

9    O who is he will bring me to

            the city fortify’d?

      O who is he that to the land

            of Edom will me guide?

10  O God, which hadest us cast off,

            this thing wilt thou not do?

      Ev’n thou, O God, which didest not

            forth with our armies go?

11  Help us from trouble; for the help

            is vain which man supplies.

      Through God we’ll do great acts; he shall

            tread down our enemies.