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1 To the choirmaster: according to Shushan Eduth. A Miktam of David; for instruction; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. O God, thou hast rejected us, broken our defenses; thou hast been angry; oh, restore us.
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1 You have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us; you have been angry--now restore us!
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2 Thou hast made the land to quake, thou hast rent it open; repair its breaches, for it totters.
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2 You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking.
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3 Thou hast made thy people suffer hard things; thou hast given us wine to drink that made us reel.
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3 You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us wine that makes us stagger.
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4 Thou hast set up a banner for those who fear thee, to rally to it from the bow. [Selah]
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4 But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow. "Selah"
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5 That thy beloved may be delivered, give victory by thy right hand and answer us!
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5 Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.
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6 God has spoken in his sanctuary: "With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
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6 God has spoken from his sanctuary: "In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the Valley of Succoth.
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7 Gilead is mine; Manas'seh is mine; E'phraim is my helmet; Judah is my scepter.
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7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my scepter.
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8 Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph."
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8 Moab is my washbasin, upon Edom I toss my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph."
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9 Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
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9 Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
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10 Hast thou not rejected us, O God? Thou dost not go forth, O God, with our armies.
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10 Is it not you, O God, you who have rejected us and no longer go out with our armies?
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11 O grant us help against the foe, for vain is the help of man!
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11 Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
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12 With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.
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12 With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.
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| Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible) |
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