Psalms 108
1 A song. A psalm of David. God, I have complete confidence in you! My whole being sings praises to you!
God, I am (very confident/trusting completely) [IDM] in you. I will sing to praise [you]. with all my inner being.
2 Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn!
I will arise before the sun rises, and I will [praise you while I play] my [big] harp and my (lyre/small harp).
3 I will thank you among the peoples, Lord, I will sing your praises among the nations.
[I prayed], “Yahweh, I will thank you among [all] the people-groups; I will sing to praise you among the nations,
4 For your trustworthy love reaches higher than the heavens, your faithfulness is higher than the clouds.
because your faithful love for us reaches up to the heavens, and your faithfully doing what you promise [is as great as the distance] up to the clouds.
5 God, your greatness is above the highest heavens; and your glory is over all the earth!
Yahweh, [show] in the heavens that you are very great! And [show] your glory [to people] all over the earth!
6 Rescue those you love! Answer us, and save us by your power!
Answer our [prayers] and by your power help us [MTY] [to defeat our enemies] in order that we, the people whom you love, may be saved/rescued.”
7 God has spoken from his Temple: “Triumphantly I divide up Shechem, and portion out the Valley of Succoth.
And [Yahweh answered our prayers and] spoke from his temple, saying, “Because I have conquered [your enemies], I will joyfully [everything in] [city] and I will distribute among my people [the valuable things] in Succoth Valley.
8 Both Gilead and Manasseh belong to me. Ephraim is my helmet, and Judah is my scepter.
The Gilead [region] is mine; the [people of the tribe of] Manasseh are mine; [the tribe of] Ephraim is [like] my war helmet, and [the tribe of Judah] is like the (scepter/stick that I hold which shows that I am the ruler) [MET];
9 I will treat Moab as my washbasin; I will place my sandal on Edom; I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”
the Moab [region] is [like] my washbasin [MET]; I throw my sandal in the Edom [area to show that it belongs to me]; I shout triumphantly because I have defeated [the people of] the Philistia [area].”
10 Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me into Edom?
[Because we want to attack the people of] Edom, (who will lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it?/I want someone to lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it.) [RHQ]
11 Have you rejected us, God? Won't you go out with our armies?
God, we [hope that] [RHQ] you have not abandoned us, and that you will go with us when our army marches out [to fight our enemies].
12 Please give us help against our enemies, for human help is worthless.
[We need you to] help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless.
13 Our strength is in God, and he will crush our enemies.
[But] with you [helping us], we shall win; you will [enable us to] defeat our enemies.
