1I prayed, “God, you have rejected us Israelis! Because you have been angry with us, you have enabled our enemies to break through our ranks. Please enable us to be strong again!
2When we were defeated, it was as though MET there was a big earthquake in our land that caused the ground to split open. So now, just as only you can cause the cracks in the land to disappear, help our army to be strong again, because it is as though our country is ◄falling apart/being destroyed►.
3You have caused us, your people, to suffer very much; it is as though you forced us to drink strong wine that caused us to stagger around after we became drunk.
4But you have raised a battle flag for those who revere you in order that they can gather around it and not be killed by the enemies' arrows.
5Answer our prayers and enable us by your power MTY to defeat our enemies in order that we, the people whom you love, will be saved.”
6Then God answered my prayer and spoke from his temple, saying, “Because I have conquered your enemies, I will divide up everything in Shechem city, and I will distribute it among my people the land in Succoth Valley.
7The Gilead region is mine; the people of the tribe of Manasseh are mine; the tribe of Ephraim is like my helmet MET; and the tribe of Judah is like the ◄scepter/stick that I hold which shows that I am the ruler► MET;
8but the Moab region is like my washbasin MET; I throw my sandal in the Edom area to show that it belongs to me; I shout triumphantly because I have defeated the people of the Philistia area.”
9Because I want to defeat the people of Edom, ◄who will lead my army triumphantly to their capital city that has strong walls around it?/I want someone to lead my army triumphantly to their capital city that has strong walls around it.►” RHQ
Psalms 60
Psalms 60:1-9