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.


5 That Your beloved may be delivered,
          Save with Your right hand, and answer us!

6 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!”

9 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.