| Berean Standard Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us! | 1O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, restore us. |
| 2You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking. | 2You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair its breaches, for it totters. |
| 3You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink. | 3You have made your people see hard things; you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger. |
| 4You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah | 4You have set up a banner for those who fear you, that they may flee to it from the bow. Selah |
| 5Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered. | 5That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer us! |
| 6God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth. | 6God has spoken in his holiness: “With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth. |
| 7Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter. | 7Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet; Judah is my scepter. |
| 8Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.” | 8Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph.” |
| 9Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom? | 9Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom? |
| 10Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies? | 10Have you not rejected us, O God? You do not go forth, O God, with our armies. |
| 11Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless. | 11Oh, grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man! |
| 12With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies. | 12With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes. |
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