< Psalms 108 >
1 A SONG. A PSALM OF DAVID. My heart is prepared, O God, I sing, indeed, I sing praise, also my glory.
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.
2 Awake, stringed instrument and harp, I awake the dawn.
Awake, lute and harp; I will awake early.
3 I thank You among peoples, O YHWH, And I praise You among the nations.
I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the people; I will sing praise to you among the Gentiles.
4 For Your kindness [is] great above the heavens, And Your truth to the clouds.
For your mercy is great above the heavens, and your truth [reaches] to the clouds.
5 Be exalted above the heavens, O God, And Your glory above all the earth.
Be you exalted, O God, above the heavens; and your glory above all the earth.
6 That Your beloved ones may be delivered, Save [with] Your right hand, and answer us.
That your beloved [ones] may be delivered, save with your right hand, and hear me. God has spoken in his sanctuary;
7 God has spoken in His holiness: I exult, I apportion Shechem, And I measure the Valley of Succoth,
I will be exalted, and will divide Sicima, and will measure out the valley of tents.
8 Gilead [is] Mine, Manasseh [is] Mine, And Ephraim [is] the strength of My head, Judah [is] My lawgiver,
Galaad is mine; and Manasses is mine; and Ephraim is the help of mine head; Judas is my king;
9 Moab [is] a pot for My washing, On Edom I cast My shoe, Over Philistia I habitually shout.
Moab is the caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I cast my sandal; the Philistines are made subject to me.
10 Who brings me [into] the fortified city? Who has led me to Edom?
Who will bring me into the fortified city? or who will guide me to Idumea?
11 Have You not, O God, cast us off? And You do not go out, O God, with our hosts!
Will not you, O God, who have rejected us? and will not you, O God, go forth with our hosts?
12 Give to us help from adversity, And the salvation of man is vain.
Give us help from tribulation: for vain is the help of man.
13 We do mightily in God, And He treads down our adversaries!
Through God we shall do valiantly; and he will bring to nothing our enemies.