Psalms 108

1 Song of a Psalm by David. O God, my heart is ready, my heart is ready; I will sing and sing psalms with my glory.

A Canticle Psalm, of David himself. My heart is prepared, O God, my heart is prepared. I will sing songs, and I will sing psalms in my glory.

2 Awake, lute and harp; I will awake early.

Rise up, my glory. Rise up, Psalter and harp. I will arise in early morning.

3 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the people; I will sing praise to you among the Gentiles.

I will confess to you, O Lord, among the peoples. And I will sing psalms to you among the nations.

4 For your mercy is great above the heavens, and your truth [reaches] to the clouds.

For your mercy is great, beyond the heavens, and your truth, even to the clouds.

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

Be exalted, O God, beyond the heavens, and your glory, beyond all the earth,

6 That your beloved [ones] may be delivered, save with your right hand, and hear me. God has spoken in his sanctuary;

so that your beloved may be freed. Save with your right hand, and heed me.

7 I will be exalted, and will divide Sicima, and will measure out the valley of tents.

God has spoken in his holiness. I will exult, and I will divide Shechem, and I will divide by measure the steep valley of tabernacles.

8 Galaad is mine; and Manasses is mine; and Ephraim is the help of mine head; Judas is my king;

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the supporter of my head. Judah is my king.

9 Moab is the caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I cast my sandal; the Philistines are made subject to me.

Moab is the cooking pot of my hope. I will extend my shoe in Idumea; the foreigners have become my friends.

10 Who will bring me into the fortified city? or who will guide me to Idumea?

Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will lead me, even into Idumea?

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

Will not you, O God, who had rejected us? And will not you, O God, go out with our armies?

12 Give us help from tribulation: for vain is the help of man.

Grant us help from tribulation, for vain is the help of man.

13 Through God we shall do valiantly; and he will bring to nothing our enemies.

In God, we will act virtuously, and he will bring our enemies to nothing.