1. For the music director, on the “Lily of the Covenant,” a Michtam of David, for teaching,
2. when he fought with Aram-Naharaim and with Aram-Zobah, and Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
3. O God, You have spurned us. You have broken out against us. You have been angry. Turn back to us!
4. You made earth shake; You split it open. Heal its fractures—for it shudders.
5. You made Your people see hardship. You made us drink wine of staggering.
6. To those who fear You, You gave a banner, to be unfurled before the archers. Selah
7. Save with Your right hand and answer us, so that Your beloved may be delivered.
8. God has spoken in His holiness: “I will exult! I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the valley of Succoth.