Lament over Defeat in Battle, and Prayer for Help.

For the choir director; according to Shushan Eduth.

A Mikhtam of David, to teach; when he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

1
O God, You have rejected us. You have broken us;
You have been angry; O, restore us. 2
You have made the land quake, You have split it open;
Heal its breaches, for it totters. 3
You have made Your people experience hardship;
You have given us wine to drink that makes us stagger. 4
You have given a banner to those who fear You,
That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. 5
That Your beloved may be delivered,
Save with Your right hand, and answer us!

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God has spoken in His holiness:
“I will exult, I will portion out Shechem and measure out the valley of Succoth. 7
“Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim also is the helmet of My head;
Judah is My scepter. 8
“Moab is My washbowl;
Over Edom I shall throw My shoe;
Shout loud, O Philistia, because of Me!

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Who will bring me into the besieged city?
Who will lead me to Edom? 10
Have not You Yourself, O God, rejected us?
And will You not go forth with our armies, O God? 11
O give us help against the adversary,
For deliverance by man is in vain. 12
Through God we shall do valiantly,
And it is He who will tread down our adversaries.