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| 1. | For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant." A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. |
| 2. | God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us to you, again. |
| 3. | You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, For it quakes. |
| 4. | You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger. |
| 5. | You have given a banner to those who fear you, That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. |
| 6. | So that your beloved may be delivered, Save with your right hand, and answer us. |
| 7. | God has spoken from his sanctuary: "I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, And measure out the valley of Succoth. |
| 8. | Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter. |
| 9. | Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my shoe on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia." |
| 10. | Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom? |
| 11. | Haven't you, God, rejected us? You don't go out, with our armies, God. |
| 12. | Give us help against the adversary, For the help of man is vain. |
| 13. | Through God we shall do valiantly, For it is he who will tread down our adversaries. |