precarious times

Psalm 60:5 Now rescue your beloved people.
  Answer and save us by your power.
6 God has promised this by his holiness:
"I will divide up Shechem with joy.
  I will measure out the valley of Succoth.
7 Gilead is mine,
  and Manasseh, too.
Ephraim, my helmet, will produce my warriors,
  and Judah, my scepter, will produce my kings.
8 But Moab, my washbasin, will become my servant,
  and I will wipe my feet on Edom
  and shout in triumph over Philistia."

9 Who will bring me into the fortified city?
  Who will bring me victory over Edom?
10 Have you rejected us, O God?
  Will you no longer march with our armies?
11 Oh, please help us against our enemies,
  for all human help is useless.
12 With God's help we will do mighty things,
  for he will trample down our foes.


Here's what my Life Application Bible footnotes these verses...


"God said the cities & territories of Israel were His, & He knew the future of each of the nations.

"When the worlds seems out of control, we must remind ourselves that God owns the cities, & knows the future of every nation.

"God is in control. With God's help we will gain the victory."