Psalms 108

1 A Canticle Psalm, of David himself. My heart is prepared, O God, my heart is prepared. I will sing songs, and I will sing psalms in my glory.

My heart is fixed, O God, I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory.

2 Rise up, my glory. Rise up, Psalter and harp. I will arise in early morning.

Awake, psaltery and harp. I myself will awake right early.

3 I will confess to you, O Lord, among the peoples. And I will sing psalms to you among the nations.

I will give thanks to thee, O Jehovah, among the peoples, and I will sing praises to thee among the nations.

4 For your mercy is great, beyond the heavens, and your truth, even to the clouds.

For thy loving kindness is great above the heavens, and thy truth is to the skies.

5 Be exalted, O God, beyond the heavens, and your glory, beyond all the earth,

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth.

6 so that your beloved may be freed. Save with your right hand, and heed me.

That thy beloved may be delivered, save with thy right hand, and answer us.

7 God has spoken in his holiness. I will exult, and I will divide Shechem, and I will divide by measure the steep valley of tabernacles.

God has spoken in his holiness. I will exult. I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the supporter of my head. Judah is my king.

Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter.

9 Moab is the cooking pot of my hope. I will extend my shoe in Idumea; the foreigners have become my friends.

Moab is my wash pot. Upon Edom I will cast my shoe. Over Philistia I will shout.

10 Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will lead me, even into Idumea?

Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who has led me to Edom?

11 Will not you, O God, who had rejected us? And will not you, O God, go out with our armies?

Have thou not cast us off, O God? And thou go not forth, O God, with our armies.

12 Grant us help from tribulation, for vain is the help of man.

Give us help against the adversary, for vain is the help of man.

13 In God, we will act virtuously, and he will bring our enemies to nothing.

Through God we shall do valiantly, for he it is who will tread down our adversaries.