1 For the end, for them that shall yet be changed ; for an inscription by David for instruction,
2 when he had burned Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syria Sobal, and Joab had returned and smitten in the valley of salt twelve thousand.
3 O God, thou hast rejected and destroyed us ; thou hast been angry, yet hast pitied us.
4 Thou hast shaken the earth, and troubled it ; heal its breaches, for it has been shaken.
5 Thou hast shewn thy people hard things : thou hast made us drink the wine of astonishment.
6 Thou hast given a token to them that fear thee, that they might flee from the bow. Pause.
7 That thy beloved ones may be delivered ; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
8 God has spoken in his holiness ; I will rejoice, and divide Sicima, and measure out the valley of tents.
9 Galaad is mine, and Manasse is mine ; and Ephraim is the strength of my head ; Notesn1 Or, strengthening.
10 Judas is my king ; Moab is the caldron of my hope ; over Idumea will I stretch out my shoe ; the Philistines have been subjected to me.
11 Who will lead me into the fortified city ? who will guide me as far as Idumea ?
12 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off ? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our forces ?
13 Give us help from trouble : for vain is the deliverance of man.
14 In God will we do valiantly ; and he shall bring to nought them that harass us. Notesn1 Gr. work power.