Psalms 60:6-7

60:6 God has spoken in his sanctuary: ¹ 

“I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem;

the Valley of Succoth I will measure off. ² 

60:7 Gilead belongs to me,

as does Manasseh! ³ 

Ephraim is my helmet, ⁴ 

Judah my royal scepter. ⁵ 

[60:6]  ¹ tn Heb “in his holy place.”

[60:6]  ² sn Shechem stands for the territory west of the Jordan, the Valley of Succoth for the region east of the Jordan.

[60:7]  ³ sn Gilead was located east of the Jordan. Half of the tribe of Manasseh lived east of the Jordan in the region of Bashan.

[60:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “the protection of my head.”

[60:7]  ⁵ sn Judah, like Ephraim, was the other major tribe west of the Jordan. The Davidic king, symbolized here by the royal scepter, came from this tribe.