Lament over Defeat in Battle, and Prayer for Help.
1 For the choir director; according to (a)Shushan Eduth. A (b)Mikhtam of David, to teach; (c)when he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.
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Footnotes:
a.
Psalm 60:1: ['Lit ', The lily of testimony]
b.
Psalm 60:1: ['Possibly, ', Epigrammatic Poem, ' or ', Atonement Psalm]
c.
Psalm 60:1: ['2 Sam 8:3, 13; 1 Chr 18:3, 12']
d.
Psalm 60:1: ['Or ', broken out upon us]
e.
Psalm 60:2: ['Or ', earth]
f.
Psalm 60:3: ['Lit ', caused Your people to see]
g.
Psalm 60:3: ['Lit ', wine of staggering]
h.
Psalm 60:4: [Selah, ' may mean: ', Pause, Crescendo, ' or ', Musical interlude]
i.
Psalm 60:5: ['Some authorities read ', me]
j.
Psalm 60:6: ['Or ', sanctuary]
k.
Psalm 60:7: ['Lit ', protection]
l.
Psalm 60:7: ['Or ', lawgiver]
m.
Psalm 60:9: ['Or ', has led]
n.
Psalm 60:11: ['Lit ', of]
o.
Psalm 60:12: ['Or ', In, ' or ', With]
Cross references:
A.
Psalm 60:1:
Psalm 44:9
C.
Psalm 60:1:
Psalm 79:5
D.
Psalm 60:1:
Psalm 80:3
E.
Psalm 60:2:
Psalm 18:7
L.
Psalm 60:5:
Psalm 17:7