Psalms 108

1 A SONG. A PSALM OF DAVID. My heart is prepared, O God, I sing, indeed, I sing praise, also my glory.

God, I am (very confident/trusting completely) [IDM] in you. I will sing to praise [you]. with all my inner being.

2 Awake, stringed instrument and harp, I awake the 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 thank You among peoples, O YHWH, And I praise You 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 Your kindness [is] great above the heavens, And Your truth to the clouds.

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 Be exalted above the heavens, O God, And Your glory above all the earth.

Yahweh, [show] in the heavens that you are very great! And [show] your glory [to people] all over the earth!

6 That Your beloved ones may be delivered, Save [with] Your right hand, and answer us.

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 has spoken in His holiness: I exult, I apportion Shechem, And I measure the Valley of Succoth,

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 Gilead [is] Mine, Manasseh [is] Mine, And Ephraim [is] the strength of My head, Judah [is] My lawgiver,

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] a pot for My washing, On Edom I cast My shoe, Over Philistia I habitually shout.

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 brings me [into] the fortified city? Who has led me to 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 Have You not, O God, cast us off? And You do not go out, O God, with our hosts!

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 to us help from adversity, And the salvation of man is vain.

[We need you to] help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless.

13 We do mightily in God, And He treads down our adversaries!

[But] with you [helping us], we shall win; you will [enable us to] defeat our enemies.