Psalms 108
1 “A psalm of David.” O God! my heart is strengthened! I will sing and give thanks.
God, I am (very confident/trusting completely) [IDM] in you. I will sing to praise [you]. with all my inner being.
2 Awake, my soul! awake, my psaltery and harp! I will wake with the early 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 praise thee, O LORD! among the nations; I will sing to thee among the peoples!
[I prayed], “Yahweh, I will thank you among [all] the people-groups; I will sing to praise you among the nations,
4 For thy mercy reacheth to the heavens, And thy truth above 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 Exalt thyself, O God! above the heavens, And thy 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 thy beloved ones may be delivered, Save 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 promiseth in his holiness; I will rejoice; I shall yet divide Shechem, And measure out 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 shall be mine, and mine Manasseh; Ephraim shall be my helmet, And Judah my sceptre.
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 shall be my washbowl; Upon Edom shall I cast my shoe; I shall triumph over Philistia.
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 to the strong city? Who will lead me into 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 Wilt not thou, O God! who didst forsake us, Who didst not go 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 thine aid in our distress, 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 we shall do valiantly; For he will tread down our enemies.
[But] with you [helping us], we shall win; you will [enable us to] defeat our enemies.
