Psalmen 108
1 Een lied, een psalm van David. O God! mijn hart is bereid; ik zal zingen en psalmzingen, ook mijn eer.
God, I am (very confident/trusting completely) [IDM] in you. I will sing to praise [you]. with all my inner being.
2 Waak op, gij luit en harp! ik zal in den dageraad opwaken.
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 zal U loven onder de volken, o HEERE! en ik zal U psalmzingen onder de natien.
[I prayed], “Yahweh, I will thank you among [all] the people-groups; I will sing to praise you among the nations,
4 Want Uw goedertierenheid is groot tot boven de hemelen, en Uw waarheid tot aan de bovenste wolken.
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, o God! boven de hemelen, en Uw eer over de ganse aarde.
Yahweh, [show] in the heavens that you are very great! And [show] your glory [to people] all over the earth!
6 Opdat Uw beminden bevrijd worden; geef heil door Uw rechterhand, 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 God heeft gesproken in Zijn heiligdom, dies zal ik van vreugde opspringen; ik zal Sichem delen, en het dal van Sukkoth zal ik afmeten.
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 Gilead is mijn, Manasse is mijn, en Efraim is de sterkte mijns hoofds; Juda is mijn wetgever.
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 waspot; op Edom zal ik mijn schoen werpen; over Palestina zal ik juichen.
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 Wie zal mij voeren in een vaste stad? Wie zal mij leiden tot in Edom?
[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 Zult Gij het niet zijn, o God! Die ons verstoten hadt, en Die niet uittoogt, o God! met onze heirkrachten?
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 Geef Gij ons hulp uit de benauwdheid; want des mensen heil is ijdelheid.
[We need you to] help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless.
13 In God zullen wij kloeke daden doen, en Hij zal onze wederpartijders vertreden.
[But] with you [helping us], we shall win; you will [enable us to] defeat our enemies.
