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. My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I would sing, I would make music; awake, my soul.
2 Arise, my glory; arise, psaltery and harp: I will arise in the morning early.
Awake, harp and lyre; I would wake the dawn.
3 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing unto thee among the populations.
I would praise you among the peoples, O Lord; make music among the nations to you.
4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth even unto the clouds.
For great to heaven is your love, and your faithfulness to the clouds.
5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory over all the earth:
Be exalted, O God, o’er the heavens, and your glory o’er all the earth.
6 That thy beloved may be delivered. Save with thy right hand and hear me.
So those you love may be rescued, save by your right hand and answer us.
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 did solemnly swear: ‘As victor will I divide Shechem, 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:
Mine is Gilead, mine is Manasseh, Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my sceptre of rule,
9 Moab the pot of my hope. Over Edom I will stretch out my shoe: the aliens are become my friends.
Moab the pot that I wash in, on Edom I hurl my sandal, I shout o’er Philistia in triumph.’
10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
O to be brought to the fortified city! O to be led 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 not spurned us, O God? You do not march forth with our armies.
12 O grant us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Grant us help from the foe, for human help is worthless.
13 Through God we shall do mightily: and he will bring our enemies to nothing.
With God we shall yet do bravely, he himself will tread down our foes.
