American Standard Version of 1901
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And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
David smote also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at {Another reading is, the river Euphrates.}the River.
And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.
And when {Hebrew: Aram.}the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of {Hebrew: Aram.}the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
Then David put garrisons in {Hebrew: Aram.}Syria of Damascus; and {Hebrew: Aram.}the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah {Or, saved David}gave victory to David whithersoever he went.
I see him, but not now;I behold him, but not nigh:There shall come forth a star out of Jacob,And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel,And shall smite through the corners of Moab,And break down all the sons {Or, of Sheth}of tumult.
to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel {Or, a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool}the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; even of his arrogancy, and his pride, and his wrath; his boastings are nought.
Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remaineth in him, and his scent is not changed.
In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
For the Chief Musician; set to {That is, The lily of testimony.}Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down;Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.
Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it:Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
Thou hast showed thy people hard things:Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee,That it may be displayed because of the truth. [Selah
That thy beloved may be delivered,Save with thy right hand, and answer {Another reading is, me.}us.
God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult;I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;Ephraim also is the defence of my head;Judah is my {Or, lawgiver}sceptre.
Moab is my washpot; {Or, Unto}Upon Edom will I cast my shoe:Philistia, shout thou because of me.
Who will bring me into the strong city? {Or, Who will lead me &c.}Who hath led me unto Edom?
{Or, Will not thou, O God, who hast cast us off, And goest…hosts?}Hast not thou, O God, cast us off?And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.
Give us help against the adversary;For vain is the {Hebrew: salvation.}help of man.
Through God we shall do valiantly;For he it is that will tread down our adversaries.
For the Chief Musician; set to {That is, The lily of testimony.}Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down;Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.
{Or, Break, O ye}Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces.