[1]For the Leader; upon Shushan Eduth; Michtam of David, to teach;[2]When he strove wit Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.[3]O God, Thou hast cast us off, Thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; O restore us.[4]Thou hast made the land to shake, Thou hast cleft it; heal the breaches thereof; for tottereth.[5]Thou hast made Thy people to see hard things; Thou hast made us to drink the wine staggering.[6]Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah[7]That Thy beloved may be delivered, save with Thy right hand, and answer me.[8]God spoke in His holiness, that I would exult; that I would divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.[9]Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.[10]Moab is my washpot; upon Edom do I cast my shoe; Philistia, cry aloud because of me![11]Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me unto Edom?[12]Hast not Thou, O God, cast us off? And Thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.[13]Give us help against the adversary; for vain is the help of man.[14]Through God we shall do valiantly; for He it is that will tread down our adversaries.