<p class="poetry">Edom will be a possession,p> <p class="poetry">Seir,<n id="1" /> his enemies, will also be a possession;p> <p class="poetry">but Israel will act valiantly.p>

If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated<n id="1" /> before its enemies?

<t /><p class="bodytext">The king settled into his palace,<n id="1" /> for the <sc>Lordsc> gave him relief<n id="2" /> from all his enemies on all sides.<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">May the <sc>Lordsc> protect him and save his life!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">May he be blessed<n id="2" /> in the land!p> <p class="poetry">Do not turn him over<n id="3" /> to his enemies!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies,p> <p class="poetry">the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Then the <sc>Lordsc> provoked<n id="1" /> their adversaries to attack them,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he stirred up<n id="3" /> their enemies &#8211;p>

and if all your armed men cross the Jordan before the <sc>Lordsc> until he drives out his enemies from his presence

Certainly if the army had eaten some of the enemies&#8217; provisions that they came across today, would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been even greater?&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, &#8220;Let me run and give the king the good news that the <sc>Lordsc> has vindicated him before his enemies.&#8221;<n id="1" />

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">David sang<n id="2" /> to the <sc>Lordsc> the words of this song when<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc> rescued him from the power<n id="4" /> of all his enemies, including Saul.<n id="5" />

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> emerges like a hero,p> <p class="poetry">like a warrior he inspires himself for battle;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he shouts, yes, he yells,p> <p class="poetry">he shows his enemies his power.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When you see this, you will be happy,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and you will be revived.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> will reveal his power to his servantsp> <p class="poetry">and his anger to his enemies.<n id="3" />p>

I will indeed bless you,<n id="1" /> and I will greatly multiply<n id="2" /> your descendants<n id="3" /> so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession<n id="4" /> of the strongholds<n id="5" /> of their enemies.

<p class="bodytext">The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One.<n id="1" /> The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day.<n id="2" />

After Saul had secured his royal position over Israel, he fought against all their<n id="1" /> enemies on all sides &#8211; the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. In every direction that he turned he was victorious.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; by the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servant David, who sang<n id="2" /> to the <sc>Lordsc> the words of this song when<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc> rescued him from the power<n id="4" /> of all his enemies, including Saul.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">He said:<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I love<n id="7" /> you, <sc>Lordsc>, my source of strength!<n id="8" />p>

I, the <sc>Lordsc>, promise that<n id="1" /> I will hand Pharaoh Hophra<n id="2" /> king of Egypt over to his enemies who are seeking to kill him. I will do that just as surely as I handed King Zedekiah of Judah over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, his enemy who was seeking to kill him.&#8217;&#8221;p>