< Psalms 108 >
1 A SONG. A PSALM OF DAVID. My heart is prepared, O God, I sing, indeed, I sing praise, also 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, stringed instrument and harp, I awake the dawn.
Awake, harp and lyre; I would wake the dawn.
3 I thank You among peoples, O YHWH, And I praise You among the nations.
I would praise you among the peoples, O Lord; make music among the nations to you.
4 For Your kindness [is] great above the heavens, And Your truth to the clouds.
For great to heaven is your love, and your faithfulness to the clouds.
5 Be exalted above the heavens, O God, 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 answer us.
So those you love may be rescued, save by your right hand and answer us.
7 God has spoken in His holiness: I exult, I apportion Shechem, And I measure 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, And Ephraim [is] the strength of My head, Judah [is] My lawgiver,
Mine is Gilead, mine is Manasseh, Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my sceptre of rule,
9 Moab [is] a pot for My washing, On Edom I cast My shoe, Over Philistia I habitually shout.
Moab the pot that I wash in, on Edom I hurl my sandal, I shout o’er Philistia in triumph.”
10 Who brings me [into] the fortified city? Who has led me to Edom?
O to be brought to the fortified city! O to be led into Edom!
11 Have You not, O God, cast us off? And You do not go out, O God, with our hosts!
Have you not spurned us, O God? You do not march forth with our armies.
12 Give to us help from adversity, And the salvation of man is vain.
Grant us help from the foe, for human help is worthless.
13 We do mightily in God, And He treads down our adversaries!
With God we shall yet do bravely, he himself will tread down our foes.