Psalms 108
1 O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
God, I am (very confident/trusting completely) [IDM] in you. I will sing to praise [you]. with all my inner being.
2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
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 praise thee, O Yhwh, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee 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 thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto 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 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
Yahweh, [show] in the heavens that you are very great! And [show] your glory [to people] all over the earth!
6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
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 hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete 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 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
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 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
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 strong 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 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth 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 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
[We need you to] help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless.
13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
[But] with you [helping us], we shall win; you will [enable us to] defeat our enemies.
