Victory with God
(2 Samuel 8:1–14; 1 Chronicles 18:1–13; Psalm 108:1–13)

1For the one directing. According to “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam† of David for teaching, in his struggling with Aram-naharaim† and with Aram-zobah,† when Joab returned and struck Edom in the Valley of Salt—twelve thousand men.

1 O God, You have rejected us;

You have broken us;

You have been angry;

may You return to us!

2The earth You have made quake;

You have torn it open;

may You heal its fractures,

for it is tottering.

3You have made Your people see hardship;

You have made us drink the wine of staggering.

4You have given a banner to those who fear You,

to be set prominently before the face of the bow.†

Selah

5That Your beloved may be rescued,

bring salvation with Your right hand and answer us.

6God has spoken in His holiness:†

“I will rejoice;

I will divide Shechem,

and I will measure out the Valley of Succoth.

7Gilead is unto Me, and Manasseh is unto Me;

and Ephraim is the helmet for My head; Judah is My scepter;

8Moab is the pot for my washing,

and upon Edom I will cast My sandal;

I will give a shout over Philistia.”

9Who will bring me to the city of fortification?

Who will lead me to Edom?

10Have You not, O God, rejected us,

and do You not go forth, O God, with our armies?

11Give to us help against the enemy—

for empty is the help of man!

12In God we will perform with strength,

and He will trample our adversaries.

Footnotes:

1 Miktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 16 and 56–60.
1 That is, Mesopotamia; Aram-naharaim means Aram of the two rivers, likely the region between the Euphrates and Balih Rivers in northwestern Mesopotamia.
1 That is, the land northeast of Damascus
4 Or that it may be displayed because of truth
6 Or from His sanctuary