Psalm 60:1-3

He Will Tread Down Our Foes

To the choirmaster: according to Shushan Eduth. A Miktam 1 of David; for instruction; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

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O God, j you have rejected us, k broken our defenses;
you have been angry; l oh, restore us.
 2 You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open;
m repair its breaches, for it totters.
 3 n You have made your people see hard things;
o you have given us p wine to drink that made us stagger.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 80:1
    Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 16:1
    Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 31:19
    Now therefore write this song and teach it to the people of Israel. Put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the people of Israel.
  4. Cross References
    2 Samuel 8:3
    David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the river Euphrates.
    2 Samuel 8:13 - 14
    And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
    2 Samuel 10:16
    And Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the Euphrates. They came to Helam, with Shobach the commander of the army of Hadadezer at their head.
    1 Chronicles 18:3
    David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah-Hamath, as he went to set up his monument at the river Euphrates.
    1 Chronicles 18:12
    And Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 60:10
    Have you not rejected us, O God? You do not go forth, O God, with our armies.
    Psalms 44:9
    But you have rejected us and disgraced us and have not gone out with our armies.
  6. Cross References
    2 Samuel 5:20
    And David came to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there. And he said, "The Lord has burst through my enemies before me like a bursting flood." Therefore the name of that place is called Baal-perazim.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 80:3
    Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
  8. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 7:14
    If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 71:20
    You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.
  10. Cross References
    Job 21:20
    Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
  11. Cross References
    Isaiah 51:17
    Wake yourself, wake yourself, stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the bowl, the cup of staggering.
    Isaiah 51:22
    Thus says your Lord, the Lord, your God who pleads the cause of his people: "Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering; the bowl of my wrath you shall drink no more.
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