God is SHE/God is THEY Psalms

Psalm 60

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A miktam of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim and Aram Zobah, and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
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 Her 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 mortals.
12. Through God we shall do valiantly: for She it is that shall tread down our enemies.

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PUT THE PAST BEHIND - George Eliot wrote over a hundred years ago that
"This is the bitterest of all, to wear the yoke of our own wrong-doing." And how futile it is to chain ourselves with guilt for mistakes of the past. Make amends for the wrongdoing where possible, and shed the weight of remorse. To help acheive this, pray this psalm by the light of an orange candle. - Power of the Psalms, by Anna Riva

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STRENGTH IN TIME OF TEMPTATION - The power to resist wrongdoing will be given to those who pray Verse 4 when tempted toward sin or vice. - Power of the Psalms, by Anna Riva

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