Psalms 108

1 A canticle of a psalm for David himself. My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and will give praise, with my glory.

A song. A psalm of David. God, I have complete confidence in you! My whole being sings praises to you!

2 Arise, my glory; arise, psaltery and harp: I will arise in the morning early.

Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn!

3 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing unto thee among the populations.

I will thank you among the peoples, Lord, I will sing your praises among the nations.

4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth even unto the clouds.

For your trustworthy love reaches higher than the heavens, your faithfulness is higher than the clouds.

5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory over all the earth:

God, your greatness is above the highest heavens; and your glory is over all the earth!

6 That thy beloved may be delivered. Save with thy right hand and hear me.

Rescue those you love! Answer us, and save us by your power!

7 God hath spoken in his holiness. I will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem and I will mete out the vale of tabernacles.

God has spoken from his Temple: “Triumphantly I divide up Shechem, and portion out the Valley of Succoth.

8 Galaad is mine, and Manasses is mine and Ephraim the protection of my head. Juda is my king:

Both Gilead and Manasseh belong to me. Ephraim is my helmet, and Judah is my scepter.

9 Moab the pot of my hope. Over Edom I will stretch out my shoe: the aliens are become my friends.

I will treat Moab as my washbasin; I will place my sandal on Edom; I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”

10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me into Edom?

11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our armies?

Have you rejected us, God? Won't you go out with our armies?

12 O grant us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

Please give us help against our enemies, for human help is worthless.

13 Through God we shall do mightily: and he will bring our enemies to nothing.

Our strength is in God, and he will crush our enemies.