Psalm 60
1 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
9 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?
11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

Key Verse:
12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

Key Observation:
A continuation, but sharpening of Psalm 59.

Memory Verse:
11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

Devotion:
His banner over me is love. Solomon pens these words in Song of Solomon. I wonder if Solomon was reflecting on his father’s psalm here: “4Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.” This psalm was written after David’s victory over the Edomites (2 Sam 8).

Verse 11 is of course, prophetic. In the time of tribulation Israel will be frustrated from getting mankind to help solve their problems; instead the man of sin will betray them, and it will appear as if the whole earth is against Israel. Nations will arise on every side against them, and then the Lord shall come. With a sword symbolically in his mouth, representing the power of his spoken word, he will with one word madden his enemies, and in their madness, they will slay one another. In the sure light of things to come, am I acting properly as his ambassador? May I be found ready and working on that day!

The Lord is mine and I am His,
His banner over me is love.
The Lord is mine and I am His,
His banner over me is love.
The Lord is mine and I am His,
His banner over me is love.
His banner over me is love!

He brought me to His banqueting table,
His banner over me is love.
He brought me to His banqueting table,
His banner over me is love.
He brought me to His banqueting table,
His banner over me is love.
His banner over me is love!