¹For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. ²You have shaken the land ³You have shown Your people hardship; ⁴You have raised a banner for those who fear You, ⁵Respond and save us with Your right hand, ⁶God has spoken from His sanctuary: ⁷Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; ⁸Moab is My washbasin; ⁹Who will bring me to the fortified city? ¹⁰Have You not rejected us, O God? ¹¹Give us aid against the enemy, ¹²With God we will perform with valor,