Lament over Defeat in Battle, and Prayer for Help.
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For the Leader; on Shushan Eduth; Michtam of David, to teach;
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when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.
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| in·the·? | the | I-will·? | we·the·? | and·the | I-will·? | ?
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| UIShB | IUEB | UIK
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| and·he-will·? | he-will·and·father | and·he-will·as
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| the | I-will·? | in·? | from·to·? | years | ? | I-will·to·?
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O God, You have cast us off, You have broken us down; You have been angry; O restore us.
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You have made the land to shake, You have cleft it; heal the breaches thereof; for it totters.
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You have made Your people to see hard things; You have made us to drink the wine of staggering.
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| the·? | ? | ? | the·? | he-will·he-will·we | ?
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You have given a banner to them that fear You, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah
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| we·? | to·he-will·? | we·? | to·the·? | from·face | ? | ?
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That Your beloved may be delivered, save with Your right hand, and answer me.
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| to·from·? | he-will·? | he-will·? | the·and·?
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| IMINK | UONNU | (UONNI)
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| he-will·from·he-will·we·as | and·? | and·?
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God spoke in His holiness, that I would exult; that I would divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
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| God | ? | in·? | I-will·? | I-will·? | ? | and·? | ?
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Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.
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| to·he-will | ? | and·to·he-will | from·we·?
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| UEFRIM | MOUZ | REShI | IAUDA | MChQQI
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| and·I-will·? | from·? | ? | he-will·the·and·? | from·?
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Moab is my washpot; on Edom do I cast my shoe; Philistia, cry aloud because of me!
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| from·and·father | ? | ? | on | I-will·? | I-will·? | we·?
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| OLI | FLShTh | AThRUOOI
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| ? | ? | the·?
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11
Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
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| from·he-will | he-will·in·to·we·he-will | ? | from·?
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| from·he-will | we·? | ? | I-will·?
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12
Have not You, O God, cast us off? You go not forth, O God, with our hosts.
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| the·not | I-will·? | God | ? | and·not | ? | God
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13
Give us help against the adversary; for vain is the help of man.
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| the·in·the | to·we·and | ? | from·? | and·? | ? | man
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14
Through God we shall do valiantly; for He it is that will tread down our adversaries.
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| in·God | we·make | ? | and·the·and·I-will
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| IBUS | TsRINU
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| he-will·in·and·? | ?
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