1 - ?For the director of music. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant." A miktam Title: Probably a literary or musical term of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim Title: That is, Arameans of Northwest Mesopotamia and Aram Zobah, Title: That is, Arameans of central Syria and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.?
You have rejected us, God, and burst upon us; you have been angry - now restore us!

2 - You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking.

3 - You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us wine that makes us stagger.

4 - But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow. The Hebrew has [Selah] (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

5 - Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.

6 - God has spoken from his sanctuary: "In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.

7 - Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah is my scepter.

8 - Moab is my washbasin, on Edom I toss my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph."

9 - Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

10 - Is it not you, God, you who have now rejected us and no longer go out with our armies?

11 - Give us aid against the enemy, for human help is worthless.

12 - With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.