1. To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
2. Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it heal its breaches; for it shaketh.
3. Thou hast shown thy people hard things thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
4. Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
5. That thy beloved may be delivered; save [with] thy right hand, and hear me.
6. God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
7. Gilead [is] mine, and Manasseh [is] mine; Ephraim also [is] the strength of my head; Judah [is] my lawgiver;
8. Moab [is] my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
9. Who will bring me [into] the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
10. [Wilt] thou not, O God, [who] hadst cast us off? and [thou], O God, [who] didst not go out with our armies?
11. Give us help from trouble for vain [is] the help of man.
12. Through God we shall do valiantly for he will tread down our enemies.