Psalmorum 108

1 canticum psalmi David paratum cor meum Deus paratum cor meum cantabo et psallam in gloria mea

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 exsurge psalterium et cithara exsurgam diluculo

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

3 confitebor tibi in populis Domine et psallam tibi in nationibus

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

4 quia magna super caelos misericordia tua et usque ad nubes veritas tua

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

5 exaltare super caelos Deus et super omnem terram gloria tua

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

6 ut liberentur dilecti tui salvum fac dextera tua et exaudi me

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

7 Deus locutus est in sancto suo exaltabor et dividam Sicima et convallem tabernaculorum dimetiar

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

8 meus est Galaad et meus est Manasse et Effraim susceptio capitis mei Iuda rex meus

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

9 Moab lebes spei meae in Idumeam extendam calciamentum meum mihi alienigenae amici facti sunt

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

10 quis deducet me in civitatem munitam quis deducet me usque in Idumeam

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

11 nonne tu Deus qui reppulisti nos et non exibis Deus in virtutibus nostris

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

12 da nobis auxilium de tribulatione quia vana salus hominis

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

13 in Deo faciemus virtutem et ipse ad nihilum deducet inimicos nostros

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