1 For the one directing. According to “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for teaching, in his struggling with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned and struck Edom in the Valley of Salt—twelve thousand [men]. O God, You have rejected us; You have broken us; You have been angry; may You return to us! VP
2 The earth You have made quake; You have torn it open; may You heal its fractures, for it is tottering. VP
3 You have made Your people see hardship; You have made us drink the wine of staggering. VP
4 You have given a banner to those who fear You, to be set prominently before the face of the bow. Selah VP
5 That Your beloved may be rescued, bring salvation [with] Your right hand and answer us. VP
6 God has spoken in His holiness: “I will rejoice; I will divide Shechem, and I will measure out the Valley of Succoth. VP
7 Gilead [is] unto Me, and Manasseh [is] unto Me; and Ephraim [is] the helmet for My head; Judah [is] My scepter; VP
8 Moab [is] the pot [for] my washing, [and] upon Edom I will cast My sandal; I will give a shout over Philistia.” VP
9 Who will bring me [to] the city of fortification? Who will lead me to Edom? VP
10 Have You not, O God, rejected us, and do You not go forth, O God, with our armies? VP
11 Give to us help against the enemy—for empty [is] the help of man! VP
12 In God we will perform [with] strength, and He will trample our adversaries. VP