Sing unto Jehovah, for he has triumphed gloriously:
He hath filled Samaria with trenches of water!
Then the hymn took up the praises of the princes and the warriors and the whole people, and the defeat of Samaria; and at the close of every strophe, all with united voice and instruments, raised the chorus of Miriam.
The victorious princes thanked the virgins, who advanced before them to the triumphal arch at the gate of Ephraim. Here stood the high-priest with the whole of the Sanhedrim, and a great multitude of the priests and Levites. To the sound of the temple music they sang the following psalm:
I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart,
I will show forth all thy marvellous works.
I will be glad and rejoice in thee,
I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High!
My enemies were turned back,
They sunk and perished at thy presence.