Psalms 108
1 song melody to/for David to establish: establish heart my God to sing and to sing also glory my
God, I am (very confident/trusting completely) [IDM] in you. I will sing to praise [you]. with all my inner being.
2 to rouse [emph?] [the] harp and lyre to rouse 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 to give thanks you in/on/with people LORD and to sing you not people
[I prayed], “Yahweh, I will thank you among [all] the people-groups; I will sing to praise you among the nations,
4 for great: large from upon heaven kindness your and till cloud truth: faithful your
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 to exalt [emph?] upon heaven God and upon all [the] land: country/planet glory your
Yahweh, [show] in the heavens that you are very great! And [show] your glory [to people] all over the earth!
6 because to rescue [emph?] beloved your to save [emph?] right your and to 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 to speak: promise in/on/with holiness his to exult to divide Shechem and valley Succoth to measure
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 to/for me Gilead to/for me Manasseh and Ephraim security head: leader my Judah to decree me
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 pot washing my upon Edom to throw sandal my upon Philistia to shout
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? to conduct me city fortification who? to lead me till 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 not God to reject us and not to come out: come God in/on/with army our
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 to give [emph?] to/for us help from enemy and vanity: vain deliverance: salvation 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/on/with God to make: do strength and he/she/it to trample enemy our
[But] with you [helping us], we shall win; you will [enable us to] defeat our enemies.
