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¹<b>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. </b> God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again. ²You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes. ³You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger. ⁴You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. <i>Selah.</i> ⁵So that your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us. ⁶God has spoken from his sanctuary: “I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth. ⁷Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter. ⁸Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my shoe on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia.” ⁹Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom? ¹⁰Haven’t you, God, rejected us? You don’t go out with our armies, God. ¹¹Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain. ¹²Through God we shall do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.