Psalms 108
1 A Song, a Psalm of David. Prepared is my heart, O God, I sing, yea, I sing praise, also my honour.
God, I am (very confident/trusting completely) [IDM] in you. I will sing to praise [you]. with all my inner being.
2 Awake, psaltery and harp, I awake 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 thank Thee among peoples, O Jehovah, And I praise Thee 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 great above the heavens [is] Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth.
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 Thy honour.
Yahweh, [show] in the heavens that you are very great! And [show] your glory [to people] all over the earth!
6 That Thy beloved ones may be delivered, Save [with] Thy right hand, and answer us.
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 exult, I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I 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 Mine [is] Gilead, mine [is] Manasseh, And Ephraim [is] the strength of my head, Judah [is] my lawgiver,
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] a pot for my washing, Upon Edom I cast my shoe, Over Philistia I shout habitually.
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 doth bring me in to the fenced city? Who hath led me unto 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, cast us off? And Thou goest not out, 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 Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the salvation 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 we do mightily, And He doth tread down our adversaries!
[But] with you [helping us], we shall win; you will [enable us to] defeat our enemies.
