Psalmen 108
1 Een lied; een psalm van David. Mijn hart is gerust, o mijn God; Ik wil zingen en spelen:
God, I am (very confident/trusting completely) [IDM] in you. I will sing to praise [you]. with all my inner being.
2 Word wakker, mijn lofzang; harp en citer ontwaak; Ik wil het morgenrood wekken!
I will arise before the sun rises, and I will [praise you while I play] my [big] harp and my (lyre/small harp).
3 Ik wil U loven onder de volken, o Jahweh, U verheerlijken onder de naties;
[I prayed], “Yahweh, I will thank you among [all] the people-groups; I will sing to praise you among the nations,
4 Want uw goedheid reikt tot de hemel, En tot de wolken uw trouw.
because your faithful love for us reaches up to the heavens, and your faithfully doing what you promise [is as great as the distance] up to the clouds.
5 Verhef U boven de hemelen, o God; Uw glorie vervulle de aarde!
Yahweh, [show] in the heavens that you are very great! And [show] your glory [to people] all over the earth!
6 Wil uw geliefden dan redden, Strek uw rechterhand uit, en verhoor ons!
Answer our [prayers] and by your power help us [MTY] [to defeat our enemies] in order that we, the people whom you love, may be saved/rescued.”
7 Bij zijn heiligheid heeft God het beloofd: Juichend zal ik Sikem verdelen, En het dal van Soekkot meten;
And [Yahweh answered our prayers and] spoke from his temple, saying, “Because I have conquered [your enemies], I will joyfully [everything in] [city] and I will distribute among my people [the valuable things] in Succoth Valley.
8 Mij behoort Gilad, van mij is Manasse. Efraïm is de helm van mijn hoofd, Juda mijn schepter,
The Gilead [region] is mine; the [people of the tribe of] Manasseh are mine; [the tribe of] Ephraim is [like] my war helmet, and [the tribe of Judah] is like the (scepter/stick that I hold which shows that I am the ruler) [MET];
9 Moab is mijn voetenbekken; Op Edom werp ik mijn schoeisel, Over Filistea hef ik mijn zegekreet aan.
the Moab [region] is [like] my washbasin [MET]; I throw my sandal in the Edom [area to show that it belongs to me]; I shout triumphantly because I have defeated [the people of] the Philistia [area].”
10 Maar wie brengt mij nu binnen de vesting, Wie zal mij naar Edom geleiden;
[Because we want to attack the people of] Edom, (who will lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it?/I want someone to lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it.) [RHQ]
11 Moet Gij het niet zijn, die ons hebt verstoten, o God, En niet langer met onze heirscharen optrekt, o God?
God, we [hope that] [RHQ] you have not abandoned us, and that you will go with us when our army marches out [to fight our enemies].
12 Ach, help ons dan tegen den vijand, Want hulp van mensen is ijdel.
[We need you to] help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless.
13 Maar met God zijn wij sterk; Hij zal onze verdrukkers vertrappen!
[But] with you [helping us], we shall win; you will [enable us to] defeat our enemies.
