0For the choirmaster. According to “The Lily of Testimony.” A miktam of David, for teaching.
0When he fought with Aram-Naharaim and with Aram-Zobah, and Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.
1O God, you have rejected us, you have broken through us; you were angry—restore us!
2You have made the land quake, you have split it open; heal its fractures, for it is tottering.
3You have made your people see hard things; you have made us drink wine that makes us reel.
4You have given a banner to those who fear you, to rally to, before the bow. Selah.
5That your beloved ones may be delivered, save with your right hand and answer us.
6God has spoken in his holiness: “I will exult; I will divide up Shechem and measure out the Valley of Succoth.
7Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is the helmet of my head, Judah my scepter.
8Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
9Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me as far as Edom?
10Have you not rejected us, O God? And you do not go out, O God, with our armies.
11Give us help against the foe, for the deliverance of man is worthless.
12With God we will do valiantly, and it is he who will trample down our foes.
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