Psalms 60 תְּהִלִּים
Hebrew · transliteration · JPS 1917
1לַ֭מְנַצֵּחַ עַל־שׁוּשַׁ֣ן עֵד֑וּת מִכְתָּ֖ם לְדָוִ֣ד לְלַמֵּֽד׃
lamnatzeach al-shushan edut mikhtam ledavid lelammed
For the Leader; upon Shushan Eduth; Michtam of David, to teach;
2בְּהַצּוֹת֨וֹ ׀ אֶ֥ת אֲרַ֣ם נַהֲרַיִם֮ וְאֶת־אֲרַ֪ם צ֫וֹבָ֥ה וַיָּ֤שָׁב יוֹאָ֗ב וַיַּ֣ךְ אֶת־אֱד֣וֹם בְּגֵיא־מֶ֑לַח שְׁנֵ֖ים עָשָׂ֣ר אָֽלֶף׃
behatzoto et aram naharayim ve'et-aram tzova vayyashav yo'av vayyakh et-edom bege-melach shenem asar alef
when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.
3אֱ֭לֹהִים זְנַחְתָּ֣נוּ פְרַצְתָּ֑נוּ אָ֝נַ֗פְתָּ תְּשׁ֣וֹבֵ֥ב לָֽנוּ׃
elohim zenachtanu feratztanu anafta teshovev lanu
O God, Thou hast cast us off, Thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; O restore us.
4הִרְעַ֣שְׁתָּה אֶ֣רֶץ פְּצַמְתָּ֑הּ רְפָ֖ה שְׁבָרֶ֣יהָ כִי־מָֽטָה׃
hir'ashta eretz petzamtah refa shevareha khi-mata
Thou hast made the land to shake, Thou hast cleft it; Heal the breaches thereof; for it tottereth.
5הִרְאִ֣יתָה עַמְּךָ֣ קָשָׁ֑ה הִ֝שְׁקִיתָ֗נוּ יַ֣יִן תַּרְעֵלָֽה׃
hir'ita ammekha kasha hishkitanu yayin tar'ela
Thou hast made Thy people to see hard things; Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.
6נָ֘תַ֤תָּה לִּירֵאֶ֣יךָ נֵּ֭ס לְהִתְנוֹסֵ֑ס מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י קֹ֣שֶׁט סֶֽלָה׃
natatta lire'ekha nes lehitnoses mippene koshet sela
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee, That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah
7לְ֭מַעַן יֵחָלְצ֣וּן יְדִידֶ֑יךָ הוֹשִׁ֖יעָה יְמִֽינְךָ֣ ועננו [וַעֲנֵֽנִי]׃
lema'an yechaltzun yedidekha hoshi'a yeminkha va'aneni
That Thy beloved may be delivered, Save with Thy right hand, and answer me.
8אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ דִּבֶּ֥ר בְּקָדְשׁ֗וֹ אֶ֫עְלֹ֥זָה אֲחַלְּקָ֥ה שְׁכֶ֑ם וְעֵ֖מֶק סֻכּ֣וֹת אֲמַדֵּֽד׃
elohim dibber bekadsho e'loza achalleka shekhem ve'emek sukkot amadded
God spoke in His holiness, that I would exult; That I would divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
9לִ֤י גִלְעָ֨ד ׀ וְלִ֬י מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה וְ֭אֶפְרַיִם מָע֣וֹז רֹאשִׁ֑י יְ֝הוּדָ֗ה מְחֹֽקְקִי׃
li gil'ad veli menashe ve'efrayim ma'oz roshi yehuda mechokki
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.
10מוֹאָ֤ב ׀ סִ֬יר רַחְצִ֗י עַל־אֱ֭דוֹם אַשְׁלִ֣יךְ נַעֲלִ֑י עָ֝לַ֗י פְּלֶ֣שֶׁת הִתְרֹעָֽעִֽי׃
mo'av sir rachtzi al-edom ashlikh na'ali alay peleshet hitro'a'i
Moab is my washpot; Upon Edom do I cast my shoe; Philistia, cry aloud because of me!
11מִ֣י יֹ֭בִלֵנִי עִ֣יר מָצ֑וֹר מִ֖י נָחַ֣נִי עַד־אֱדֽוֹם׃
mi yovileni ir matzor mi nachani ad-edom
Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me unto Edom?
12הֲלֹֽא־אַתָּ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֣ים זְנַחְתָּ֑נוּ וְֽלֹא־תֵצֵ֥א אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים בְּצִבְאוֹתֵֽינוּ׃
halo-atta elohim zenachtanu velo-tetze elohim betzivotenu
Hast not Thou, O God, cast us off? And Thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.
13הָֽבָה־לָּ֣נוּ עֶזְרָ֣ת מִצָּ֑ר וְ֝שָׁ֗וְא תְּשׁוּעַ֥ת אָדָם׃
hava-lanu ezrat mitzar veshav teshu'at adam
Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.
14בֵּֽאלֹהִ֥ים נַעֲשֶׂה־חָ֑יִל וְ֝ה֗וּא יָב֥וּס צָרֵֽינוּ׃
belohim na'ase-chayil vehu yavus tzarenu
Through God we shall do valiantly; For He it is that will tread down our adversaries.
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Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (ketiv shown with the qere in brackets). JPS 1917 and the Hebrew use Hebrew verse numbers; the English column uses English numbering, which sometimes differs by a verse.