Psalm 60

Abraham Coles

2 Thou shaken hast the land;
Hast it with earthquakes rent;
Great breaches made, it trembles still
With dread astonishment.

3 Thou hast Thy people showed
O many a hard thing!
Hast for our sins made us to drink
The wine of staggering.

4 To them who fear Thee, yet
Thou hast a banner given,
That it may be, because of truth,
Displayed in sight of heaven.

5 That Thy beloved ones
May be delivered, save
With thy right hand, and o'er us let
Victorious ensigns wave.

6 God in His holiness
Has spoken— I, therefore,
Will triumph in the confidence
He will the lost restore:

Then the reconquered Land
I will again divide —
Shechem and Succoth — and mete out
His part to every Tribe.

7 Mine's Gilead; and mine's
Manassah's either half;
My head's defence is Ephraim;
Judah's my royal staff;

8 Moab my washpot is,
Wherein I'll wash my feet;
O'er Edom will extend my sway;
Philistia will unseat.

9 Who will me bring into
Edom's fenced capital?
Surmount its muniment of rocks
Impregnable high wall?

10 Thou who didst cast us off,
Wilt Thou Thyself not lead?
Wilt Thou not go forth with our hosts,
And help us in our need?

11 Give us Thy help! In vain
We on man's help repose:
Through God we shall do valiantly,
For He'll tread down our foes.