For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.
God, you have rejected us. 2Sa 8:12-132Sa 8:3Psa 44:91Ch 18:12-131Ch 18:32Sa 5:202Ki 14:7Psa 85:4
You have broken us down.
You have been angry.
Restore us, again.
You have made the land tremble. 2Ch 7:14Hos 6:1Isa 30:26Ezk 34:16Isa 5:25Jer 10:10Jer 4:24Jer 48:38
You have torn it.
Mend its fractures,
for it quakes.
You have shown your people hard things. Isa 51:17Psa 71:20Isa 51:22Jer 25:15Ezk 23:31-32Psa 75:8Dan 9:12Hab 2:16
You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.
You have given a banner to those who fear you, Psa 20:5Exo 17:15Isa 11:12Isa 5:26Isa 13:2Sng 2:4Isa 49:22Isa 59:14-15
that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
So that your beloved may be delivered, Isa 41:10Exo 15:6Psa 108:6-13Psa 17:7Psa 18:35Mat 17:5Psa 60:12Psa 74:11
save with your right hand, and answer us.
God has spoken from his sanctuary: Gen 12:6Jos 13:27Psa 89:352Sa 3:182Sa 7:18-20Amo 4:2Jos 1:6Jos 17:7
“I will triumph.
I will divide Shechem,
and measure out the valley of Succoth.
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Gen 49:10Deu 33:17Jos 13:311Ch 12:191Ch 12:37Jos 17:11Sa 28:2Jos 17:5-6
Ephraim also is the defense of my head.
Judah is my scepter.
Moab is my wash basin. 2Sa 8:1-22Sa 8:141Ch 18:1-21Ch 18:132Sa 21:15-22Psa 108:9-102Sa 5:17-25Gen 25:23
I will throw my sandal on Edom.
I shout in triumph over Philistia.”
Who will bring me into the strong city? 2Sa 12:26-312Sa 11:11Ch 11:17-191Ch 11:6Jdg 1:12Jdg 1:24-25
Who has led me to Edom?
Haven’t you, God, rejected us? Jos 7:12Psa 108:11Deu 1:42Psa 60:1Deu 20:41Ch 10:1-141Sa 4:10-111Sa 4:6-7
You don’t go out with our armies, God.
Give us help against the adversary, Psa 146:3Psa 108:12Isa 30:7Psa 124:1-3Psa 130:8Isa 31:3Psa 62:1Psa 25:22
for the help of man is vain.
Through God we will do valiantly, Psa 44:5Jos 1:9Isa 63:31Ch 19:13Rev 19:15Mal 4:32Sa 10:12Isa 10:6
for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.