Psalms 108

1 A Song. A Psalm by David. My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul.

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.

2 Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.

Awake, harp and lyre; I would wake the dawn.

3 I will give thanks to you, LORD, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples.

I would praise you among the peoples, O Lord; make music among the nations to you.

4 For your loving kindness is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

For great to heaven is your love, and your faithfulness to the clouds.

5 Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth.

Be exalted, O God, o’er the heavens, and your glory o’er all the earth.

6 That your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.

So those you love may be rescued, save by your right hand and answer us.

7 God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.

God did solemnly swear: “As victor will I divide Shechem, portion out the valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is my helmet. Judah is my scepter.

Mine is Gilead, mine is Manasseh, Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my sceptre of rule,

9 Moab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout over Philistia.”

Moab the pot that I wash in, on Edom I hurl my sandal, I shout o’er Philistia in triumph.”

10 Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

O to be brought to the fortified city! O to be led into Edom!

11 Haven’t you rejected us, God? You don’t go out, God, with our armies.

Have you not spurned us, O God? You do not march forth with our armies.

12 Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.

Grant us help from the foe, for human help is worthless.

13 Through God, we will do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our enemies.

With God we shall yet do bravely, he himself will tread down our foes.