תהילים ס

For the leader; on shushan eduth. Meaning of Heb. uncertain. A michtam of David (to be taught),

when he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and defeated Edom—[an army] of twelve thousand men—in the Valley of Salt.

O God, You have rejected us,
You have made a breach in us;
You have been angry;
restore us!

You have made the land quake;
You have torn it open.
Mend its fissures,
for it is collapsing.

You have made Your people suffer hardship;
You have given us wine that makes us reel.

Give those who fear You because of Your truth
a banner for rallying.    Selah.

That those whom You love might be rescued,
deliver with Your right hand and answer me.

God promised in the sanctuary
that I would exultingly divide up Shechem,
and measure the Valley of Sukkoth;

Gilead and Manasseh would be mine,
Ephraim my chief stronghold,
Judah my scepter;

Moab would be my washbasin;
on Edom I would cast my shoe;
acclaim me, O Philistia!

Would that I were brought to the bastion!
Would that I were led to Edom!

But You have rejected us, O God;
God, You do not march with our armies.

Grant us Your aid against the foe,
for human help is worthless.

We shall triumph with God,
who will trample our foes.