Al director del coro. Al shoshan edot. Mictam de David, para enseñar, cuando combatió contra Aram Najaraim y contra Aram-soba, y volvió Joab e hirió a doce mil edomitas en el Valle de la Sal.
1¡Oh ’Elohim! Tú nos has rechazado, Airado, nos quebrantaste. ¡Vuélvete a nosotros!2Has hecho temblar el país, lo resquebrajaste. ¡Repara sus grietas, porque se desmorona!3Duras cosas has hecho ver a tu pueblo, Nos has dado a beber el vino del aturdimiento.4Pero a tus fieles has dado un estandarte, Para que sea desplegado por causa de la verdad, Selah5Para que sean librados tus amados, ¡Haz que tu diestra nos salve, y respóndenos!6Dios respondió desde su Santuario: ¡Yo me alegraré! Repartiré a Siquem, y mediré el Valle de Sucot!7Mío es Galaad y mío es Manasés, Efraín es el yelmo de mi cabeza, Y Judá cetro de mi justicia;8Moab, vasija para lavarme; Sobre Edom echaré mi calzado, Y sobre Filistea lanzaré mi grito de victoria.9¿Quién me conducirá a la ciudad fortificada? ¿Quién me guiará hasta Edom?10¿No serás Tú, oh ’Elohim, que nos habías rechazado? Oh ’Elohim ¿no saldrás más con nuestros ejércitos?11¡Socórrenos contra el adversario, Porque vana es la ayuda del hombre!12¡Con ’Elohim haremos proezas! Él hollará a nuestros enemigos.
1To the choirmaster: according to Shushan Eduth. A Miktam[1] of David; for instruction; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, restore us. (Dt 31:19; 2 S 5:20; 2 S 8:3; 2 S 8:13; 2 S 10:16; 1 Cr 18:3; 1 Cr 18:12; Sal 16:1; Sal 44:9; Sal 60:10; Sal 80:1; Sal 80:3)2You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair its breaches, for it totters. (2 Cr 7:14)3You have made your people see hard things; you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger. (Job 21:20; Sal 71:20; Is 51:17; Is 51:22)4You have set up a banner for those who fear you, that they may flee to it from the bow.[2] (Sal 20:5; Pr 22:21; Is 5:26; Is 11:12; Is 13:2)5That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer us! (Dt 33:12; Sal 108:6; Jer 11:15)6God has spoken in his holiness:[3] “With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth. (Gn 12:6; Gn 33:17; Gn 33:18; Jos 1:6; Jos 13:27; Jos 17:7; Sal 89:35; Am 4:2)7Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet; Judah is my scepter. (Gn 49:10; Dt 33:17; Jos 13:31; Sal 140:7)8Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”[4] (2 S 8:1; 2 S 8:2; Mt 3:11)9Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom? (2 S 8:14)10Have you not rejected us, O God? You do not go forth, O God, with our armies. (Sal 44:9; Sal 60:1)11Oh, grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man! (Sal 146:3)12With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes. (Nm 24:18; Sal 44:5; Sal 108:13; Sal 118:15; Is 63:3)