Gilead belongs to me, as does Manasseh! Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my royal scepter.

Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies, the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion.

You destroyed the sea by your strength; you shattered the heads of the sea monster in the water.

Gilead belongs to me, as does Manasseh! Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my royal scepter.

He executes judgment against the nations; he fills the valleys with corpses; he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield.

O sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.

Now I will triumph over my enemies who surround me! I will offer sacrifices in his dwelling place and shout for joy! I will sing praises to the Lord!

For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.

Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!

May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth!

It is like fine oil poured on the head which flows down the beard – Aaron’s beard, and then flows down his garments.

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, and do not give Jerusalem priority over whatever gives me the most joy.