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Lament over Defeat in Battle, and Prayer for Help.

¹ O God, ^(C1)You have rejected us and cast us off. You have ^(C2)broken down our defenses and scattered us;
You have been ^(C3)angry; ^(C4)O restore us and turn again to us.

² You have made the ^(C1)land quake, You have split it open;
^(C2)Heal its rifts, for it shakes and totters.

³ You have ^(C1)made Your people experience hardship;
You have given us ^(C2)wine to drink that makes us stagger and fall.

⁴ You have set up a ^(C1)banner for those who fear You with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder—a banner to shield them from attack,
A banner that may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

^5 (C1)That Your ^(C2)beloved ones may be rescued,
^(C3)Save with Your right hand and answer us.

⁶ God has spoken in His ^(C1)holiness in His promises:
"I will rejoice, I will divide the land of ^(C2)Shechem and measure out the Valley of ^(C3)Succoth west to east.

⁷ "^(C1)Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
^(C2)Ephraim is My helmet;
Judah is My ^(C3)scepter.

⁸ "^(C1)Moab is My ^(F1)washbowl;
Over ^(C2)Edom I shall throw My shoe in triumph;
Over ^(C3)Philistia I raise the shout of victory."

⁹ Who will bring me into the besieged city of Petra?
Who will lead me to Edom?

¹⁰ Have You not ^(C1)rejected us, O God?
And ^(C2)will You not go out with our armies?

¹¹ Give us help against the enemy,
For ^(C1)the help of man is worthless (ineffectual, without purpose).

¹² Through God we will ^(C1)have victory,
For He will ^(C2)trample down our enemies.