Victory with God (2 Samuel 8:1–14; 1 Chronicles 18:1–13; Psalm 108:1–13)
1 DRA Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the inscription of a title, to David himself, for doctrine, When he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal and Joab returned and slew of Edom, in the vale of the saltpits, twelve thousand men. O God, thou hast cast us off, and hast destroyed us; thou hast been angry, and hast had mercy on us. BSB BSB: For 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. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
2 DRA Thou hast moved the earth, and hast troubled it: heal thou the breaches thereof, for it has been moved. BSB BSB: You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.
3 DRA Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us drink wine of sorrow. BSB BSB: You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.
4 DRA Thou hast given a warning to them that fear thee: that they may flee from before the bow: That thy beloved may be delivered. BSB BSB: You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah
5 DRA Save me with thy right hand, and hear me. BSB BSB: Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
6 DRA God hath spoken in his holy place: I will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem; and will mete out the vale of tabernacles. BSB BSB: God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
7 DRA Galaad is mine, and Manasses is mine: and Ephraim is the strength of my head. Juda is my king: BSB BSB: Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
8 DRA Moab is the pot of my hope. Into Edom will I stretch out my shoe: to me the foreigners are made subject. BSB BSB: Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
9 DRA Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? BSB BSB: Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
10 DRA Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go out with our armies? BSB BSB: Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?
11 DRA Give us help from trouble: for vain is the salvation of man. BSB BSB: Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
12 DRA Through God we shall do mightily: and he shall bring to nothing them that afflict us. BSB BSB: With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.