1 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.
2 You have made the land tremble.
3 You have shown your people hard things.
4 You have given a banner to those who fear you,
5 So that your beloved may be delivered,
6 God has spoken from his sanctuary:
7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine.
8 Moab is my wash basin.
9 Who will bring me into the strong city?
10 Haven’t you, God, rejected us?
11 Give us help against the adversary,
12 Through God we will do valiantly,