| New International Version | International Standard Version |
| 1For the director of music. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant." A miktam of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim and Aram Zobah, and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, God, and burst upon us; you have been angry--now restore us! | 1God, you have cast us off; you have breached our defenses and you have become enraged. Return to us! |
| 2You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking. | 2You made the earth quake; you broke it open. Repair its fractures, because it has shifted. |
| 3You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us wine that makes us stagger. | 3You made your people go through hard times; you had us drink wine that makes us stagger. |
| 4But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow. | 4But you have given a banner to those who fear you, so they may display it in honor of truth. Interlude |
| 5Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered. | 5So your loved ones may be delivered, save us by your power and answer us quickly! |
| 6God has spoken from his sanctuary: "In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth. | 6Then God spoke in his holiness, "I will rejoice— I will divide Shechem; I will portion out the Succoth Valley. |
| 7Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah is my scepter. | 7Gilead belongs to me, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim is my helmet, and Judah my scepter. |
| 8Moab is my washbasin, on Edom I toss my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph." | 8Moab is my wash basin; over Edom I will throw my shoes; over Philistia I will celebrate my triumph." |
| 9Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom? | 9Who will lead me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom? |
| 10Is it not you, God, you who have now rejected us and no longer go out with our armies? | 10Aren't you the one, God, who has cast us off? Didn't you refuse, God, to accompany our armies? |
| 11Give us aid against the enemy, for human help is worthless. | 11Help us in our distress, for human help is worthless. |
| 12With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies. | 12Through God we will fight valiantly; and it is he who will crush our enemies. |
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