2when he had burned Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syria Zobah, 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 shown thy people hard things: Thou hast made us drink the wine of astonishment.