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.

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

2 Wake up, harp and lyre! 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 nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples.

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

4 For your loving kindness is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness 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! Let your glory be 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 That your beloved may be delivered, save with your 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 has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure 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. 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 wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout over 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 fortified 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 Haven’t you rejected us, God? You don’t go out, God, with our armies.

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 the help of man is vain.

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

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

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