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Psalm 60: Deus, repulisti nos

Book of Common Prayer (1979), page 667. In the 30-day Psalter it is read on day 11, at Evening Prayer.

1

O God, you have cast us off and broken us; *

you have been angry;

oh, take us back to you again.

2

You have shaken the earth and split it open; *

repair the cracks in it, for it totters.

3

You have made your people know hardship; *

you have given us wine that makes us stagger.

4

You have set up a banner for those who fear you, *

to be a refuge from the power of the bow.

5

Save us by your right hand and answer us, *

that those who are dear to you may be delivered.

6

God spoke from his holy place and said: *

"I will exult and parcel out Shechem;

I will divide the valley of Succoth.

7

Gilead is mine and Manasseh is mine; *

Ephraim is my helmet and Judah my scepter.

8

Moab is my wash-basin,

on Edom I throw down my sandal to claim it, *

and over Philistia will I shout in triumph."

9

Who will lead me into the strong city? *

who will bring me to Edom?

10

Have you not cast us off, O God? *

you no longer go out, O God, with our armies.

11

Grant us your help against the enemy, *

for vain is the help of man.

12

With God we will do valiant deeds, *

and he shall tread our enemies under foot.

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