To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand.
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O God, thou hast cast us off, thou has scattered us,Thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
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Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it:Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
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Thou hast shewed thy people hard things:Thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
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Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee,That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
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That thy beloved may be delivered;Save with thy right hand, and hear me.
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God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem,And mete out the valley of Succoth.
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Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
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Moab is my washpot; Over Edom will I cast out my shoe:Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
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Who will bring me into the strong city?Who will lead me into Edom?
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Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off?And thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?
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Give us help from trouble:For vain is the help of man.
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Through God we shall do valiantly:For he it is that shall tread down our enemies.