Psalms 108

1 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.

A Song, a Psalm of David. My heart is fixed, O God; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory.

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

Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.

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

I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the peoples; And I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

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

For thy lovingkindness is great above the heavens; And thy truth [reacheth] unto the skies.

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

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, And thy glory above all the earth.

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

That thy beloved may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and answer us.

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

God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

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

Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.

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

Moab is my washpot; Upon Edom will I cast my shoe; Over Philistia will I shout.

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

Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who hath led me unto Edom?

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

Hast not thou cast us off, O God? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.

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

Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.

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

Through God we shall do valiantly: For he it is that will tread down our adversaries.