Psalms 108
1 “A song or psalm of David.” My heart is firm, O God; I will sing and give praise, even with my spirit.
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 will wake up the morning-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 give thee thanks among the people, O Lord: 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 great above the heavens is thy kindness, and thy truth reacheth even unto the skies.
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 Exalt thyself above the heavens, O God; and above all the earth thy glory.
Yahweh, [show] in the heavens that you are very great! And [show] your glory [to people] all over the earth!
6 In order that thy beloved may be delivered: help 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 exult, I will divide Shechem, and the valley of Succoth will I measure out.
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 Mine id Gil'ad, and mine is Menasseh; Ephraim also is the strong-hold of my head; of Judah are my chiefs.
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; upon Edom will I cast 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 fortified city? who will lead me as far as 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 Behold, it is thou, O God, who hast cast us off; and thou, O God, goest not 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 against the assailant; 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 shall we do valiantly; for he it is that will tread down our adversaries.
[But] with you [helping us], we shall win; you will [enable us to] defeat our enemies.
