Psalms 108

1 O god, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even 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 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

Awake, harp and lyre; I would wake the dawn.

3 I will praise you, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto you among the nations.

I would praise you among the peoples, O Lord; make music among the nations to you.

4 For your mercy is great above the heavens: and your truth reachs unto the clouds.

For great to heaven is your love, and your faithfulness to the clouds.

5 Be you exalted, O God, above the heavens: and your glory above all the earth;

Be exalted, O God, o’er the heavens, and your glory o’er all the earth.

6 That your beloved may be delivered: save with your right hand, and answer me.

So those you love may be rescued, save by your right hand and answer us.

7 God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

God did solemnly swear: “As victor will I divide Shechem, portion out the valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

Mine is Gilead, mine is Manasseh, Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my sceptre of rule,

9 Moab is my pot for washing; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.

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 Will not you, O God, who have cast us off? and will not you, O God, go forth with our hosts?

Have you not spurned us, O God? You do not march forth with our armies.

12 Give 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 valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

With God we shall yet do bravely, he himself will tread down our foes.