[1] O God, You have rejected us and cast us off, broken down [our defenses], and scattered us; You have been angry-O restore us and turn Yourself to us again! [2] You have made the land to quake and tremble, You have rent it [open]; repair its breaches, for it shakes and totters. [3] You have made Your people suffer hard things; You have given us to drink wine that makes us reel and be dazed. [4] [But now] You have set up a banner for those who fear and worshipfully revere You [to which they may flee from the bow], a standard displayed because of the truth. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! [5] That Your beloved ones may be delivered, save with Your right hand and answer us [or me]. [6] God has spoken in His holiness [in His promises]: I will rejoice, I will divide and portion out [the land] Shechem and the Valley of Succoth [west to east]. [7] Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is My helmet (the defense of My head); Judah is My scepter and My lawgiver. [8] Moab is My washpot [reduced to vilest servitude]; upon Edom I cast My shoe in triumph; over Philistia I raise the shout of victory. [9] Who will bring me [David] into the strong city [of Petra]? Who will lead me into Edom? [10] Have You not rejected us, O God? And will You not go forth, O God, with our armies? [11] O give us help against the adversary, for vain (ineffectual and to no purpose) is the help or salvation of man. [12] Through God we shall do valiantly, for He it is Who shall tread down our adversaries.
