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.

Song of a Psalm by David. O God, my heart is ready, my heart is ready; I will sing and sing psalms with my glory.

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

Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake 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 Lord, among the people; I will sing praise to thee among the Gentiles.

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

For thy mercy is great above the heavens, and thy truth [reaches] to the clouds.

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 [ones] may be delivered, save with thy right hand, and hear me. God has spoken in his sanctuary;

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.

I will be exalted, and will divide Sicima, and will measure out the valley of tents.

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

Galaad is mine; and Manasses is mine; and Ephraim is the help of mine head; Judas is my king;

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

Moab is the caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I cast my sandal; the Philistines are made subject to me.

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

Who will bring me into the fortified city? or who will guide me to Idumea?

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

Wilt not thou, O God, who hast rejected us? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?

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

Give us help from tribulation: 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; and he will bring to nought our enemies.