Psalm 60

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Psalms 60: Syllables: 279; Longest recitation: 11; Tenor: B 29.75%;
Ornament density: 10.1%; Average phrase length: 9.2.

What is that connects this last miktam with what has gone before?

1 ♪g For the leader on a lily. A witness. A miktam of David, for teaching. (g-1-4-1)
א ל֭מנצח על־שוש֣ן עד֑ות מכת֖ם לדו֣ד ללמֽד	9 8		a lmnxk yl-wuwn ydut mctm ldvid llmd
2 in his struggle with the Aramaeans of the two rivers and the Aramaeans of Zobah, when Joab returned and struck Edom in the salt gorge, twelve thousand. (1-2-4-1)
ב בהצות֨ו א֥ת אר֣ם נהרים֮ ואת־אר֪ם צ֫וב֥ה וי֤שב יוא֗ב וי֣ך את־אד֣ום בגיא־מ֑לח שנ֖ים עש֣ר אֽלף	16 14 6		b bhxoto at arm nhriim vat-arm xobh viwb ioab viç at-adom bgia-mlk wnim ywr alf
3 ♪g God you have rejected us. You have broken us open. You are angry. Return to us. (g-1-4-1)
ג א֭להים זנחת֣נו פרצת֑נו א֝נ֗פת תש֣וב֥ב לֽנו	11 8		g alohim znktnu prxtnu anpt twobb lnu
4 You have made earth quake. You fracture it. Heal her rifts for she is moved. (1-4-1)
ד הרע֣שתה א֣רץ פצמת֑ה רפ֖ה שבר֣יה כי־מֽטה	8 8		d hrywt arx pxmth rph wbrih ci-mTh
5 You show hardness to your people. You make us drink a staggering wine. (1-4-1)
ה הרא֣יתה עמך֣ קש֑ה ה֝שקית֗נו י֣ין תרעלֽה	7 8		h hrait ymç qwh hwqitnu iin trylh
6 ♪~ You give a standard to those who fear you, to be a haven, from the face of certainty, Selah, (~1-4-1)
ו נ֘ת֤תה לירא֣יך נ֭ס להתנוס֑ס מ֝פנ֗י ק֣שט סֽלה	12 6		v ntt liraiç ns lhtnoss mpni qowT slh
7 ♪g so that your beloved may be rescued. Save with your right hand and answer me. (g-1-4-1)
ז ל֭מען יחלצ֣ון ידיד֑יך הוש֖יעה ימֽינך֣ וענֽני	10 10		z lmyn iiklxun ididiç howiyh iminç vynni
8 God spoke in his holiness, I will exult. I will divide Shechem, and the valley of Sukkoth I will measure. (1-2-4-1)
ח אלה֤ים דב֥ר בקדש֗ו א֫על֥זה אחלק֥ה שכ֑ם וע֖מק סכ֣ות אמדֽד	11 5 8		k alohim dibr bqodwo aylozh aklqh wcm vymq sucot amdd
9 ♪C Gilead is mine and mine Manasseh, and Ephraim from the strength of my head. Judah my lawgiver. (C-1-4-1)
ט ל֤י גלע֨ד ול֬י מנש֗ה ו֭אפרים מע֣וז ראש֑י י֝הוד֗ה מחֽקקי	15 6		T li glyd vli mnwh vapriim myoz rawi ihudh mkoqqi
10 Moab my washpot, on Edom I will fling my sandal. To me Philistia, be jubilant. (1-4-1)
י מוא֤ב ס֬יר רחצ֗י על־א֭דום אשל֣יך נעל֑י ע֝ל֗י פל֣שת התרעֽעֽי	13 9		i moab sir rkxi yl-adom awliç nyli ylii plwt htroyyi
11 ♪B Who will convey me a fortified city? Who will guide me to Edom? (B-1-4-1)
יא מ֣י י֭בלני ע֣יר מצ֑ור מ֖י נח֣ני עד־אדֽום	8 7		ia mi iobilni yir mxor mi nkni yd-adom
12 Will not you O God reject us? and not sally forth O God with our hosts? (1-4-1)
יב הלֽא־את֣ה אלה֣ים זנחת֑נו וֽלא־תצ֥א א֝לה֗ים בצבאותֽינו	10 11		ib hloa-ath alohim znktnu vla-txa alohim bxbaotinu
13 Provide for us help from trouble, for vain is human salvation. (1-4-1)
יג הֽבה־ל֣נו עזר֣ת מצ֑ר ו֝ש֗וא תשוע֥ת אדֽם	8 7		ig hbh-lnu yzrt mxr vwva twuyt adm
14 In God we will deal forcefully, for he himself will tread down our foes. (1-4-1)
יד בֽאלה֥ים נעשה־ח֑יל ו֝ה֗וא יב֥וס צרֽינו	8 7		id balohim nywh-kil vhua ibus xrinu