Hebrew Names Version HNV
The Message Bible MSG
1 <<For the Chief Musician. To the tune "The Lily of the Covenant." A miktam by David, when he fought with Aram-Naharayim and with Aram-Tzovah, and Yo'av returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.>> God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us to you, again.
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God! you walked off and left us, kicked our defenses to bits And stalked off angry. Come back. Oh please, come back!
2 You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, For it quakes.
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You shook earth to the foundations, ripped open huge crevasses. Heal the breaks! Everything's coming apart at the seams.
3 You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.
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You made your people look doom in the face, then gave us cheap wine to drown our troubles.
4 You have given a banner to those who fear you, That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
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Then you planted a flag to rally your people, an unfurled flag to look to for courage.
5 So that your beloved may be delivered, Save with your right hand, and answer us.
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Now do something quickly, answer right now, so the one you love best is saved.
6 God has spoken from his sanctuary: "I will triumph. I will divide Shekhem, And measure out the valley of Sukkot.
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That's when God spoke in holy splendor, "Bursting with joy, I make a present of Shechem, I hand out Succoth Valley as a gift.
7 Gil`ad is mine, and Menashsheh is mine. Efrayim also is the defense of my head. Yehudah is my scepter.
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Gilead's in my pocket, to say nothing of Manasseh. Ephraim's my hard hat, Judah my hammer;
8 Mo'av is my wash basin. I will throw my shoe on Edom. I shout in triumph over Peleshet."
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Moab's a scrub bucket, I mop the floor with Moab, Spit on Edom, rain fireworks all over Philistia."
9 Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom?
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Who will take me to the thick of the fight? Who'll show me the road to Edom?
10 Haven't you, God, rejected us? You don't go out with our armies, God.
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You aren't giving up on us, are you, God? refusing to go out with our troops?
11 Give us help against the adversary, For the help of man is vain.
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Give us help for the hard task; human help is worthless.
12 Through God we shall do valiantly, For it is he who will tread down our adversaries.
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In God we'll do our very best; he'll flatten the opposition for good.
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