[1] To the choirmaster: according to Shushan Eduth. A Miktam of David; for
instruction; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and
when Joab on his return killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of
Salt. [2] O God, thou hast rejected us, broken our defenses; thou hast been
angry; oh, restore us. [3] Thou hast made the land to quake, thou hast rent
it open; repair its breaches, for it totters. [4] Thou hast made thy people
suffer hard things; thou hast given us wine to drink that made us reel. [5]
Thou hast set up a banner for those who fear thee, to rally to it from the
bow. [Selah] [6] That thy beloved may be delivered, give victory by thy
right hand and answer us! [7] God has spoken in his sanctuary: "With
exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
[8] Gilead is mine; Manas'seh is mine; E'phraim is my helmet; Judah is my
scepter. [9] Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia
I shout in triumph." [10] Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will
lead me to Edom? [11] Hast thou not rejected us, O God? Thou dost not go
forth, O God, with our armies. [12] O grant us help against the foe, for
vain is the help of man! [ (Psalms 60:13) With God we shall do valiantly;
it is he who will tread down our foes. ]
