¹God, it seems like you walked off and left us!

Why have you turned against us?

You have been angry with us.

O Lord, we plead, come back and help us as a father .

²The earth quivers and quakes before you,

splitting open and breaking apart.

Now come and heal it, for it is shaken to its depths.

³You have taught us hard lessons

and made us drink the wine of bewilderment.

⁴You have given miraculous signs to those who love you.

As we follow you, we fly the flag of truth,

and all who love the truth will rally to it.

⁵Come to your beloved ones and gently draw us out.

For Lord, you save those whom you love.

Come with your might and strength!

^6-7Then I heard the Lord speak in his holy splendor.

From his sanctuary I heard the Lord promise:

“In my triumph I will be the one to measure out

the portion of my inheritance to my people,

and I will secure the land as I promised you.

Shechem, Succoth, Gilead, Manasseh,

they are all still mine!” he says.

“Judah will continue to produce kings and lawgivers,

and Ephraim will produce great warriors.

⁸Moab will become my lowly servant.

Edom will likewise serve my purposes.

I will lift up a shout of victory over the land of Philistia!

⁹But who will bring my triumph into the strong city?

Who will lead me into Edom’s fortresses?”

¹⁰Have you really rejected us, refusing to fight our battles?

¹¹Give us a father’s help when we face our enemies.

For to trust in any man is an empty hope.

¹²With God’s help we will fight like heroes,

and he will trample down our every foe!