To the choirmaster- according to Shushan Eduth. A Miktam of David- for instruction- when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.--O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses-- you have been angry- oh, restore us.-You have made the land to quake- you have torn it open-- repair its breaches, for it totters.-You have made your people see hard things-- you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger.-You have set up a banner for those who fear you,- that they may flee to it from the bow. Selah-That your beloved ones may be delivered,- give salvation by your right hand and answer us--God has spoken in his holiness-- -With exultation I will divide up Shechem- and portion out the Vale of Succoth.-Gilead is mine- Manasseh is mine-- Ephraim is my helmet-- Judah is my scepter.-Moab is my washbasin-- upon Edom I cast my shoe-- over Philistia I shout in triumph.--Who will bring me to the fortified city-- Who will lead me to Edom--Have you not rejected us, O God-- You do not go forth, O God, with our armies.-Oh, grant us help against the foe,- for vain is the salvation of man--With God we shall do valiantly-- it is he who will tread down our foes.