Psalms 108
1 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.
A canticle of a psalm for David himself. My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and will give praise, with my glory.
2 Awake, harp and lyre; I would wake the dawn.
Arise, my glory; arise, psaltery and harp: I will arise in the morning early.
3 I would praise you among the peoples, O Lord; make music among the nations to you.
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing unto thee among the populations.
4 For great to heaven is your love, and your faithfulness to the clouds.
For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth even unto the clouds.
5 Be exalted, O God, o’er the heavens, and your glory o’er all the earth.
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory over all the earth:
6 So those you love may be rescued, save by your right hand and answer us.
That thy beloved may be delivered. Save with thy right hand and hear me.
7 God did solemnly swear: “As victor will I divide Shechem, portion out the valley of Succoth.
God hath spoken in his holiness. I will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem and I will mete out the vale of tabernacles.
8 Mine is Gilead, mine is Manasseh, Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my sceptre of rule,
Galaad is mine, and Manasses is mine and Ephraim the protection of my head. Juda is my king:
9 Moab the pot that I wash in, on Edom I hurl my sandal, I shout o’er Philistia in triumph.”
Moab the pot of my hope. Over Edom I will stretch out my shoe: the aliens are become my friends.
10 O to be brought to the fortified city! O to be led into Edom!
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
11 Have you not spurned us, O God? You do not march forth with our armies.
Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our armies?
12 Grant us help from the foe, for human help is worthless.
O grant us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
13 With God we shall yet do bravely, he himself will tread down our foes.
Through God we shall do mightily: and he will bring our enemies to nothing.
