(For the music leader. To the tune “Lily of the Promise.” A special psalm by David for teaching. He wrote it during his wars with the Arameans of northern Syria, when Joab came back and killed twelve thousand Edomites in Salt Valley.)
You Can Depend on God
1 You, God, are angry with us!
We are rejected and crushed.
Make us strong again!
2 You made the earth shake
and split wide open;
now heal its wounds
and stop its trembling.
3 You brought hard times
on your people,
and you gave us wine
that made us stagger.
4 You gave a signal to those
who worship you,
so they could escape
from enemy arrows.
5 Answer our prayers, God!
Use your powerful arm
and give us victory.
Then the people you love
will be safe.
6 Our God, you solemnly promised,
“I would gladly divide up
the city of Shechem
and give away Succoth Valley
piece by piece.
7 The lands of Gilead
and Manasseh are mine.
Ephraim is my war helmet,
and Judah is the symbol
of my royal power.
8 Moab is merely my washbasin.
Edom belongs to me,
and I shout in triumph
over the Philistines.”
9 Our God, who will bring me
to the fortress,
or lead me to Edom?
10 Have you rejected us
and deserted our armies?
11 Help us defeat our enemies!
No one else can rescue us.
12 You will give us victory
and crush our enemies.
Lūgšana par Israēla uzvaru pēc sakāves
(Ps 108:7–14)1 Korvedim. Kā “Liecības lilija”. Pamācošs Dāvida uzraksts, 2 kad viņš karoja ar Divupes aramiešiem un Cobas aramiešiem un Joābs griezās atpakaļ un apkāva edomiešus Sāls ielejā – divpadsmit tūkstošus.
3 Dievs, tu mūs atmeti, tu mūs sadragāji,
tu biji noskaities – ļauj jel mums atspirgt!
4 Tu drebināji zemi, tu šķērdi to,
dziedē tai plaisas, jo tā jau brūk!
5 Savai tautai tu liki trūkties,
tu mūs dzirdīji ar klupšanas vīnu!
6 Dod glābiņu tiem, kas tevi bijā,
kur paglābties no loka!
7 Palīdzi mums ar savu labo roku un uzklausi mūs,
tad tavi mīļotie būs glābti!
8 Dievs runā no savas svētnīcas:
es līksmošos! Es sadalīšu Šehemu,
un Lieveņu ieleju es izmērošu!
9 Man – Gileāda un man – Manase,
Efraims ir mana bruņucepure,
un Jūda ir mans zizlis!
10 Moābs ir mans mazgājamais kubls!
Edomam uzsviežu savu sandali!
Filistija, tu brēc manis dēļ! –
11 Kas mani ievedīs nocietinātajā pilsētā,
kas var mani vadīt uz Edomu?
12 Vai tu, Dievs, esi mūs pametis,
vai nenāksi līdzi, Dievs, mūsu karapulkiem?
13 Palīdzi mums pret naidnieku,
pie cilvēkiem tverties – blēņas vien!
14 Ar Dievu pārspēku gūsim,
viņš samīdīs mūsu naidniekus!
