For
the
choirmaster.
To the tune
of
“
The Lily of the
Covenant.”
A Miktam
of David for
instruction.
When
he
fought
Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned
and struck
down
12,000
Edomites
in the Valley of Salt. You
have
rejected
us,
O God ;
You
have
broken us ;
You
have
been angry ;
restore
us
!
To the Overseer.
--
`Concerning
the Lily of Testimony,'
a secret
treasure
of David ,
to
teach,
in
his
striving
with
Aram-Naharaim ,
and with
Aram-Zobah, and Joab turneth
back
and smiteth
Edom
in the valley of Salt --
twelve
thousand
. O God ,
Thou
hadst
cast
us
off,
Thou
hadst
broken us --
hadst
been angry! --
Thou
dost
turn
back
to
us.