4. For above heav'n thy mercy's great,thy truth doth reach the sky.
5. Be thou above the heavens, Lord,exalted gloriously;Thy glory all the earth abovebe lifted up on high.
6. That those who thy beloved aredelivered may be,O do thou save with thy right hand,and answer give to me.
7. God in his holiness hath said,Herein I will take pleasure;Shechem I will divide, and forthwill Succoth's valley measure.
8. Gilead I claim as mine by right;Manasseh mine shall be;Ephraim is of my head the strength;Judah gives laws for me;
9. Moab's my washing-pot; my shoeI'll over Edom throw;Over the land of PalestineI will in triumph go.
10. O who is he will bring me tothe city fortify'd?O who is he that to the landof Edom will me guide?
11. O God, thou who hadst cast us off,this thing wilt thou not do?And wilt not thou, ev'n thou, O God,forth with our armies go?
12. Do thou from trouble give us help,for helpless is man's aid.