1. Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the inscription of a title, to David himself, for doctrine,
2. when he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal and Joab returned and slew of Edom, in the vale of the saltpits, twelve thousand men.
3. O God, thou hast cast us off, and hast destroyed us; thou hast been angry, and hast had mercy on us.
4. Thou hast moved the earth, and hast troubled it: heal thou the breaches thereof, for it has been moved.
5. Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us drink wine of sorrow.