1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant." A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. 2You have made the land tremble. 3You have shown your people hard things. 4You have given a banner to those who fear you, 5So that your beloved may be delivered, 6God has spoken from his sanctuary: 7Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. 8Moab is my wash basin. 9Who will bring me into the strong city? 10Haven't you, God, rejected us? 11Give us help against the adversary, 12Through God we shall do valiantly,