Psalms

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

1You have rejected us, O God;You have broken us;You have been angry;restore us!

2You have shaken the landand torn it open.Heal its fractures,for it is quaking.

3You have shown Your people hardship;we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.

4You have raised a banner for those who fear You,that they may flee the bow.Selah

5Respond and save us with Your right hand,that Your beloved may be delivered.

6God has spoken from His sanctuary:“I will triumph!I will parcel out Shechemand apportion the Valley of Succoth.

7Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.

8Moab is My washbasin;upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

9Who will bring me to the fortified city?Who will lead me to Edom?

10Have You not rejected us, O God?Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?

11Give us aid against the enemy,for the help of man is worthless.

12With God we will perform with valor,and He will trample our enemies.