Psalms 108

1 A song, a psalm of David. My heart is fixed, God; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises also with my honored heart.

God, I am (very confident/trusting completely) [IDM] in you. I will sing to praise [you]. with all my inner being.

2 Wake up, lute and harp; I will wake up 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 give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.

[I prayed], “Yahweh, I will thank you among [all] the people-groups; I will sing to praise you among the nations,

4 For your covenant faithfulness is great above the heavens; and your trustworthiness reaches to the skies.

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 exalted, God, above the heavens, and may your glory be exalted over all the earth.

Yahweh, [show] in the heavens that you are very great! And [show] your glory [to people] all over the earth!

6 So that those you love may be rescued, rescue us with your 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 has spoken in his holiness; “I will rejoice; I will divide Shechem and apportion out the Valley of Succoth.

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 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is my helmet; Judah is my scepter.

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 washbasin; over Edom I will throw my shoe; I will shout in triumph because of Philistia.

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 bring me into the strong city? Who will lead me to 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 God, have you not rejected us? You do not go into battle with our army.

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 Give us help against the enemy, for man's help is futile.

[We need you to] help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless.

13 We will triumph with God's help; he will trample down our enemies.

[But] with you [helping us], we shall win; you will [enable us to] defeat our enemies.