Psalms 108
1 A Song, a Melody: David’s. Fixed, is my heart, O God, I will sing and touch the strings, even mine honour.
God, I am (very confident/trusting completely) [IDM] in you. I will sing to praise [you]. with all my inner being.
2 Awake, O harp and lyre, I will awaken 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 will thank thee among the peoples, O Yahweh, and will sing praise unto thee, among the tribes of men.
[I prayed], “Yahweh, I will thank you among [all] the people-groups; I will sing to praise you among the nations,
4 For, great, above the heavens, is thy lovingkindness, and, as far as the skies, thy faithfulness.
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 thou exalted above the heavens, O God, And, above all the earth, be thy glory.
Yahweh, [show] in the heavens that you are very great! And [show] your glory [to people] all over the earth!
6 To the end thy beloved ones may be delivered, Oh save thou 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, hath spoken in his holiness, I will exult! I will apportion Shechem! And, the Vale of Succoth, will I measure out;
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 Mine, is Gilead—mine, Manasseh, but, Ephraim, is the defence of my head, Judah, is my commander’s staff;
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 my wash-bowl, Upon Edom, will I throw my shoe, Over Philistia, raise a shout of triumph.
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 conduct me to a fortified city? Who will lead me as far as 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 Hast not thou, O God, rejected us? and wilt not go forth, 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 Grant us help out of distress, for, vain, is the deliverance 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 In God, shall we do valiantly, He himself, therefore, shall tread down our adversaries.
[But] with you [helping us], we shall win; you will [enable us to] defeat our enemies.
