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 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, lute and harp; I will awake early.
Awake, harp and lyre; I would wake the dawn.
3 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the people; I will sing praise to you among the Gentiles.
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 [reaches] to 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 [ones] may be delivered, save with your right hand, and hear me. God has spoken in his sanctuary;
So those you love may be rescued, save by your right hand and answer us.
7 I will be exalted, and will divide Sicima, and will measure out the valley of tents.
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 is the help of mine head; Judas is my king;
Mine is Gilead, mine is Manasseh, Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my sceptre of rule,
9 Moab is the caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I cast my sandal; the Philistines are made subject to me.
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 fortified city? or who will guide me to Idumea?
O to be brought to the fortified city! O to be led into Edom!
11 Will not you, O God, who have rejected us? 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 tribulation: 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; and he will bring to nothing our enemies.
With God we shall yet do bravely, he himself will tread down our foes.
