David says the Lord has scattered his people-The Lord places Ephraim at the head and makes Judah his lawgiver.

  1 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.

  2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

  3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.

  4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

  5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.

  6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

  7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

  8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.

  9 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

  10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?

  11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

  12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.