Victory with God (2 Samuel 8:1–14; 1 Chronicles 18:1–13; Psalm 108:1–13)
1 ULT God, you have rejected us; you have broken through us. You have become angry; restore 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 ULT You have made the earth tremble; you have broken it. Heal its breaches, for it shakes. BSB BSB: You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.
3 ULT You have made your people see the difficult. You have made us drink the wine of staggering. BSB BSB: You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.
4 ULT You have given a banner to the ones fearing you, to be displayed from the face of the bow. Selah BSB BSB: You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah
5 ULT So that your beloved may be delivered, save{ us}{ with} your right hand and answer me. BSB BSB: Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
6 ULT God has spoken in his holiness,“I will rejoice; I divide Shechem and measure out the Valley of Succoth. BSB BSB: God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
7 ULT To me{ is} Gilead, and to me{ is} Manasseh. And Ephraim{ is} the protection of my head; Judah, my scepter. BSB BSB: Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
8 ULT Moab is the tub of my washing. Over Edom I throw my sandal. Over me, Philistia, shout triumphantly.” BSB BSB: Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
9 ULT Who will bring me{ into} the city of fortification? Who will lead me to Edom? BSB BSB: Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
10 ULT You, God, have you not rejected us? And you do not go out with our armies, God. BSB BSB: Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?
11 ULT Give help against the enemy to us, for the salvation of man{ is} futility. BSB BSB: Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
12 ULT With God we will do valor, for he, he will trample our adversaries. 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.