[1] O God, You have rejected us and cast us off. You have broken [down our defenses and scattered] us; You have been angry; O restore us and turn again to us. [2] You have made the land quake, You have split it open; Heal its rifts, for it shakes and totters. [3] You have made Your people experience hardship; You have given us wine to drink that makes us stagger and fall. [4] You have set up a banner for those who fear You [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder—a banner to shield them from attack], A banner that may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. [5] That Your beloved ones may be rescued, Save with Your right hand and answer us. [6] God has spoken in His holiness [in His promises]: “I will rejoice, I will divide [the land of] Shechem and measure out the Valley of Succoth [west to east]. [7] Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet; Judah is My scepter. [8] Moab is My washbowl; Over Edom I shall throw My shoe [in triumph]; Over Philistia I raise the shout [of victory].” [9] Who will bring me into the besieged city [of Petra]? Who will lead me to Edom? [10] Have You not rejected us, O God? And will You not go out with our armies? [11] Give us help against the enemy, For the help of man is worthless (ineffectual, without purpose). [12] Through God we will have victory, For He will trample down our enemies.
