To the director.[332] To the tune "Lily of the Agreement." A miktam[333] of David. For teaching. This was from the time when David fought Aram Naharaim[334] and Aram Zobah,[335] and when Joab came back and defeated 12,000 Edomite soldiers at Salt Valley.
<1> God, you were angry with us.
You rejected us and destroyed our defenses.
Please make us whole again.
<2> You shook the earth and split it open.
Our world is falling apart.
Please fix it.
<3> You gave your people many troubles.
We staggered and fell down like drunks.
<4> But then you provided a flag to show your followers
where to gather to escape the enemy's attack.
Selah[336]
<5> Use your great power and save us!
Answer my prayer and save the people you love!
<6> God has spoken in his Temple:[337]
"I will win the war and rejoice in victory!
I will divide this land among my people.
I will give them Shechem.
I will give them Succoth Valley.
<7> Gilead and Manasseh will be mine.
Ephraim will be my helmet.
Judah will be my royal scepter.[338]
<8> Moab will be the bowl for washing my feet.
Edom will be the slave who carries my sandals.
I will defeat the Philistines and shout in victory!"
<9-10> But God, you left us!
You did not go with our army!
So who will lead me into the strong, protected city?
Who will lead me into battle against Edom?
<11> God, help us defeat our enemy!
People cannot help us!
<12> Only God can make us strong.
Only God can defeat our enemies!
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