| 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. |