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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion 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, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, 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 washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

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

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

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

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

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

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