“To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. Michtam: or, A golden Psalm scattered: Heb. broken”
Called also Sophene, which standeth by Euphrates. These were certain songs after the note whereof this Psalm was sung. Or, Syria, called Mesopotamia. For when Saul was not able to resist the enemy, the people fled hither and thither: for they could not be safe in their own houses. Cross references: : 2 Sam. 8:1 ; 2 Sam. 10:1 ; 1 Chron. 18:13