For the music leader. According to “Lily.” A testimony. A miktam of David. For instruction, when he went to war with Aram-naharaim and Aram-sobah, and when Joab returned and defeated Edom, killing twelve thousand in the Salt Valley.

¹ God, you have rejected us— shattered us. You’ve been so angry. Now restore us!

² You’ve made the ground quake, splitting it open. Now repair its cracks because it’s shaking apart!

³ You’ve made your people suffer hardship; you’ve given us wine and we stagger.

⁴ Give a flag to those who honor you, so they can rally around it, safe from attack. Selah

⁵ Save us by your power and answer us so that the people you love might be rescued.

⁶ God has spoken in his sanctuary: “I will celebrate as I divide up Shechem and portion out the Succoth Valley.

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

⁸ But Moab is my washbowl; I’ll throw my shoe at Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia!

⁹ I wish someone would bring me to a fortified city! I wish someone would lead me to Edom!”

¹⁰ But you have rejected us, God, haven’t you? God, you no longer accompany our armies.

¹¹ Give us help against the enemy; human help is worthless.

¹² With God we will triumph; he’s the one who will trample our adversaries.