When he fought against Mesopotamia and Aram-zobah, Joab returned and struck down Edom in the Valley of Salt Sea—twelve thousand.1To the conductor, upon Shushan-eduth; a Miktam of David, for instruction. O God, you have rejected us; you have broken through us; you have been angry—return to us.2You have shaken the earth; you have split it open; heal its fractures, for it has tottered.3You have shown your people hardship; you have made us drink wine of reeling.4You have given a banner to those who fear you, that they may flee from before the bow. Selah.5That you may rescue your beloved ones, save by your right hand and answer us; answer me.6God has spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem and measure the Valley of Succoth.7Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is the security of my head; Judah is my scepter.8Moab is the pot of my washing; upon Edom I throw my sandal; over Philistia shout in triumph.9Who will conduct me to the city of siege? Who will lead me to Edom?10Have you not rejected us, O God? Will you not go forth with our armies, O God?11Grant us help from distress, for the deliverance of man is vanity.12With God we shall do valiantly, and he will trample our enemies.