Psalms 108

1 A song. A Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.

God, I am (very confident/trusting completely) [IDM] in you. I will sing to praise [you]. with all my inner being.

2 Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

I will arise before the sun rises, and I will [praise you while I play] my [big] harp and my (lyre/small harp).

3 I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing Your praises among the peoples.

[I prayed], “Yahweh, I will thank you among [all] the people-groups; I will sing to praise you among the nations,

4 For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

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 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.

Yahweh, [show] in the heavens that you are very great! And [show] your glory [to people] all over the earth!

6 Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.

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 has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.

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 Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.

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 My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

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 Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to 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 Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?

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 Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.

[We need you to] help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless.

13 With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.

[But] with you [helping us], we shall win; you will [enable us to] defeat our enemies.