Psalms 60

¹ O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. ² Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. ³ Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. ⁴ Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. ⁵ That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me. ⁶ God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. ⁷ Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; ⁸ Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me. ⁹ Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? ¹⁰ Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies? ¹¹ Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. ¹² Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

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Aram-naharaim Place v. 1: Biblical region. Modern identification: Harran.
Edom Place v. 1, 8-9: Biblical region. Modern identification: Buseira.
Valley of Salt Place v. 1: Biblical special. Modern identification: Es Sebkha.
Zobah Place v. 1: Biblical region. Modern identification: Brital.
Shechem Place v. 6: Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell Balatah.
Valley of Succoth Place v. 6: Biblical valley. Modern identification: Tell Deir Alla.
Gilead Place v. 7: Biblical region. Modern identification: Tell edh Dhahab esh Sherqiyeh.
Moab Place v. 8: Biblical region. Modern identification: Kerak.
Philistia Place v. 8: Biblical region. Modern identification: Tel Ashkelon.
City People v. 9: The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain ( Gen. 4:17 ). After the confusion of tongues, the descendants of Nimrod founded several cities (10:10-12).