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He Will Tread Down Our Foes
To the choirmaster: according to Shushan Eduth. A Miktama 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.
To the choirmaster: according to Shushan Eduth. A Miktama 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.
For the choir director: A psalma of David useful for teaching, regarding the time David fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and killed 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. To be sung to the tune “Lily of the Testimony.”
You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses.
You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor.
You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses.
You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor.
You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open;
repair its breaches, for it totters.
repair its breaches, for it totters.
You have shaken our land and split it open.
Seal the cracks, for the land trembles.
Seal the cracks, for the land trembles.
You have made your people see hard things;
you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger.
you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger.
You have been very hard on us,
making us drink wine that sent us reeling.
making us drink wine that sent us reeling.
But you have raised a banner for those who fear you —
a rallying point in the face of attack.
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a rallying point in the face of attack.
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That your beloved ones may be delivered,
give salvation by your right hand and answer us!
give salvation by your right hand and answer us!
Now rescue your beloved people.
Answer and save us by your power.
Answer and save us by your power.
Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet;
Judah is my scepter.
Ephraim is my helmet;
Judah is my scepter.
Gilead is mine,
and Manasseh, too.
Ephraim, my helmet, will produce my warriors,
and Judah, my scepter, will produce my kings.
and Manasseh, too.
Ephraim, my helmet, will produce my warriors,
and Judah, my scepter, will produce my kings.
But Moab, my washbasin, will become my servant,
and I will wipe my feet on Edom
and shout in triumph over Philistia.”
and I will wipe my feet on Edom
and shout in triumph over Philistia.”
Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
Who will lead me to Edom?
Who will bring me into the fortified city?
Who will bring me victory over Edom?
Who will bring me victory over Edom?
Have you not rejected us, O God?
You do not go forth, O God, with our armies.
You do not go forth, O God, with our armies.
Have you rejected us, O God?
Will you no longer march with our armies?
Will you no longer march with our armies?
Oh, grant us help against the foe,
for vain is the salvation of man!
for vain is the salvation of man!
Oh, please help us against our enemies,
for all human help is useless.
for all human help is useless.