Psalm 60 - Easy To Read Version

¹ God, you were angry at us.\par You rejected us\par and destroyed us.\par Please make us whole again.\par

² You shook the earth and split it open.\par Our world is falling apart.\par Please fix it.\par

³ You have given your people many troubles.\par We are like drunk people\par staggering and falling down.\par

⁴ You warned the people who worship you.\par Now they can escape the enemy.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [356]})\i0 \par

⁵ Use your great power and save us!\par Answer my prayer\par and save the people you love!\par

⁶ God spoke in his temple: {\cf2\super [357]} \par It makes me very happy!\par \{God said,\}\par \{I will share this land with my people.\}\par I will give them Shechem.\par I will give them Succoth Valley.\par

⁷ Gilead and Manasseh will be mine.\par Ephraim will be my helmet.\par Judah will be my royal scepter. {\cf2\super [358]} \par

^8-10 Moab will be the bowl\par for washing my feet.\par Edom will be the slave\par who carries my sandals.\par I \{will defeat\} the Philistine people\par and shout about the victory!”\par

¹¹ God, help us defeat our enemy!\par People can’t help us!\par

¹² Only God can make us strong.\par Only God can defeat our enemies!\par