1For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. O God you have cast us off, you have broken us down; You have been angry; oh restore us again.
2You have made the land tremble; you have torn it open: Heal its breaches; for it shakes.
3You have shown your people hard things: You have made us drink the wine of staggering.
4You have given a banner to those who fear you, That it may be displayed because of the truth. [Selah
5That your beloved may be delivered, Save with your right hand, and answer us.
6God has spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
7Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defense of my head; Judah is my scepter.
8Moab is my washbasin; Upon Edom I will cast my shoe: Philistia, shout because of me.
9Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom?
10Have you not, O God, cast us off? And you do not go forth, O God, with our hosts.
11Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.
12Through God we shall do valiantly; For it is he who will tread down our adversaries.