Psalms. Chapter 59. For the end, for them that shall yet be changed; for an inscription by David for instruction, when he had burned Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syria Zobah, and Joab had returned and smitten in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast rejected and destroyed us; Thou hast been angry, yet hast pitied us. Thou hast shaken the earth, and troubled it; Heal its breaches, for it has been shaken. Thou hast shown thy people hard things: Thou hast made us drink the wine of astonishment. Thou hast given a token to them that fear thee, That they might flee from the bow. Pause. That thy beloved ones may be delivered; Save with thy right hand, and hear me. God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, and divide Shechem, And measure out the Valley of Tents. Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; And Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my king; Moab is the caldron of my hope; Over Edom will I stretch out my shoe; The Philistines have been subjected to me. Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will guide me as far as Edom? Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? And wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our forces? Give us help from trouble: For vain is the deliverance of man. In God will we do valiantly; And he shall bring to nought them that harass us.