Psalms 60:7

60:7 Gilead belongs to me,

as does Manasseh! ¹ 

Ephraim is my helmet, ² 

Judah my royal scepter. ³ 

[60:7]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “the protection of my head.”

[60:7]  ³ 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.