Psalms 108
1 God, I am (very confident/trusting completely) [IDM] in you. I will sing to praise [you]. with all my inner being.
“A song or psalm of David.” My heart is firm, O God; I will sing and give praise, even with my spirit.
2 I will arise before the sun rises, and I will [praise you while I play] my [big] harp and my (lyre/small harp).
Awake, psaltery and harp: I will wake up the morning-dawn.
3 [I prayed], “Yahweh, I will thank you among [all] the people-groups; I will sing to praise you among the nations,
I will give thee thanks among the people, O Lord: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
4 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.
For great above the heavens is thy kindness, and thy truth reacheth even unto the skies.
5 Yahweh, [show] in the heavens that you are very great! And [show] your glory [to people] all over the earth!
Exalt thyself above the heavens, O God; and above all the earth thy glory.
6 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.”
In order that thy beloved may be delivered: help with thy right hand, and answer me.
7 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.
God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult, I will divide Shechem, and the valley of Succoth will I measure out.
8 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];
Mine id Gil'ad, and mine is Menasseh; Ephraim also is the strong-hold of my head; of Judah are my chiefs.
9 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].”
Moab is my washpot; upon Edom will I cast my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
10 [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]
Who will bring me into the fortified city? who will lead me as far as Edom?
11 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].
Behold, it is thou, O God, who hast cast us off; and thou, O God, goest not forth with our armies.
12 [We need you to] help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless.
Give us help against the assailant; for vain is the help of man.
13 [But] with you [helping us], we shall win; you will [enable us to] defeat our enemies.
Through God shall we do valiantly; for he it is that will tread down our adversaries.
