< Psalms 108 >
1 My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing zahmar ·musical praise· and I will give kavod ·weighty glory·.
Canticum Psalmi David. Paratum cor meum Deus, paratum cor meum: cantabo, et psallam in gloria mea.
2 Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.
Exurge gloria mea, exurge psalterium, et cithara: exurgam diluculo.
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.
Confitebor tibi in populis Domine: et psallam tibi in nationibus.
4 For your chesed ·loving-kindness· is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Quia magna est super caelos misericordia tua: et usque ad nubes veritas tua:
5 Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your kavod ·weighty glory· be over all the earth.
Exaltare super caelos Deus, et super omnem terram gloria tua:
6 That your yadid ·beloved· may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.
ut liberentur dilecti tui. Salvum fac dextera tua, et exaudi me:
7 God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Sukkot.
Deus locutus est in sancto suo: Exultabo, et dividam Sichimam, et convallem tabernaculorum dimetiar.
8 Gilead is mine. Manasseh [Causing to forget] is mine. Ephraim [Fruit] also is my helmet. Judah [Praised] is my scepter.
Meus est Galaad, et meus est Manasses: et Ephraim susceptio capitis mei. Iuda rex meus:
9 Moab [From father] is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom [Red]. I will shout over Philistia.”
Moab lebes spei meae. In Idumaeam extendam calceamentum meum: mihi alienigenae amici facti sunt.
10 Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who has led me to Edom [Red]?
Quis deducet me in civitatem munitam? quis deducet me usque in Idumaeam?
11 Haven’t you rejected us, God? You don’t go out, God, with our armies.
Nonne tu Deus, qui repulisti nos, et non exibis Deus in virtutibus nostris?
12 Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.
Da nobis auxilium de tribulatione: quia vana salus hominis.
13 Through God, we will do valiantly. For it is he who will tread down our enemies.
In Deo faciemus virtutem: et ipse ad nihilum deducet inimicos nostros.