Psalms 108

1 My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing zahmar ·musical praise· and I will give kavod ·weighty glory·.

A Song, a Psalm of David. Prepared is my heart, O God, I sing, yea, I sing praise, also my honour.

2 Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.

Awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the dawn.

3 I will yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to you, Adonai, among the nations. I will sing zahmar ·musical praise· to you among the peoples.

I thank Thee among peoples, O Jehovah, And I praise Thee among the nations.

4 For your chesed ·loving-kindness· is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

For great above the heavens [is] Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth.

5 Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your kavod ·weighty glory· be over all the earth.

Be Thou exalted above the heavens, O God, And above all the earth Thy honour.

6 That your yadid ·beloved· may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.

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

7 God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Sukkot.

God hath spoken in His holiness: I exult, I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure,

8 Gilead is mine. Manasseh [Causing to forget] is mine. Ephraim [Fruit] also is my helmet. Judah [Praised] is my scepter.

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

9 Moab [From father] is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom [Red]. I will shout over Philistia.”

Moab [is] a pot for my washing, Upon Edom I cast my shoe, Over Philistia I shout habitually.

10 Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who has led me to Edom [Red]?

Who doth bring me in to the fenced city? Who hath led me unto Edom?

11 Haven’t you rejected us, God? You don’t go out, God, with our armies.

Hast not Thou, O God, cast us off? And Thou goest not out, O God, with our hosts!

12 Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.

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

13 Through God, we will do valiantly. For it is he who will tread down our enemies.

In God we do mightily, And He doth tread down our adversaries!