1For the end, for them that shall yet be changed; for an inscription by David for instruction,
2when he had burned Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syria Sobal, and Joab had returned and smitten in the valley of salt twelve thousand.
3O God, thou hast rejected and destroyed us; thou hast been angry, yet hast pitied us.
4Thou hast shaken the earth, and troubled it; heal its breaches, for it has been shaken.
5Thou hast shewn thy people hard things: thou hast made us drink the wine of astonishment.
6Thou hast given a token to them that fear thee, that they might flee from the bow. Pause.
7That thy beloved ones may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
8God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, and divide Sicima, and measure out the valley of tents.
9Galaad is mine, and Manasse is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head;
10Judas is my king; Moab is the caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I stretch out my shoe; the Philistines have been subjected to me.
11Who will lead me into the fortified city? who will guide me as far as Idumea?
12Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our forces?
13Give us help from trouble: for vain is the deliverance of man.
14In God will we do valiantly; and he shall bring to nought them that harass us.
