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Psalm 60:1

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again.

1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again.
2You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes.
3You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.
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A heading recording battle and twelve thousand deaths leads into a prayer where David asks the God who has broken his people to restore them.

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2 Samuel 8:12–13of Syria, of Moab, of the children of Ammon, of the Philistines, of Amalek, and of the plunder of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.Zobah appears in both passages, linking the psalm’s battle heading with the account of plunder from surrounding kingdoms.
Psalm 16:1A Poem by David. Preserve me, God, for I take refuge in you.Both prayers turn to God for help: David asks for preservation in Psalm 16 and restoration in Psalm 60.
2 Samuel 8:3David also struck Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River.Both texts name David fighting against Zobah; Samuel identifies its king as Hadadezer, son of Rehob.
Psalm 44:9But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies.Both prayers speak of God rejecting his people, with warfare forming the setting of their distress.
1 Chronicles 18:3David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah, toward Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.David’s warfare against Zobah appears in both texts, with Chronicles naming Hadadezer as the defeated king.
1 Chronicles 18:12Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt.Both name Edomite deaths in the Valley of Salt, though they give different commanders and numbers.
Psalm 56:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, God, for …Both Davidic poems have headings rooted in conflict and turn toward God with a plea for help.
2 Samuel 5:20David came to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there. Then he said, “The LORD has broken my enemies before me, like the breach of waters.” Therefore he …Both attribute breaking to God: David’s enemies are broken in Samuel, while God’s own people are broken in the psalm.
Psalm 74:1A contemplation by Asaph. God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?Both address God over his rejection and anger toward his people, keeping their complaint directed to him.
2 Kings 14:7He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel, to this day.Both name the Valley of Salt as a place where Edomites were killed, though the reported numbers differ.
Numbers 24:18Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemy, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.Edom appears in both texts: as a future possession in Numbers and as a defeated people in the psalm’s heading.
Where this verse fits

Feeling distant from God. church hurt. fear for the future.

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Encouragement

David addresses God even while naming God's anger. Your suffering alone does not establish that God has rejected you; this prayer seeks restoration from God himself.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).