Psalms 108

1 A Canticle Psalm, of David himself. My heart is prepared, O God, my heart is prepared. I will sing songs, and I will sing psalms in my glory.

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 Rise up, my glory. Rise up, Psalter and harp. I will arise in early morning.

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

3 I will confess to you, O Lord, among the peoples. And I will sing psalms to you among the nations.

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

4 For your mercy is great, beyond the heavens, and your truth, even to the clouds.

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

5 Be exalted, O God, beyond the heavens, and your glory, beyond all the earth,

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

6 so that your beloved may be freed. Save with your right hand, and heed me.

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

7 God has spoken in his holiness. I will exult, and I will divide Shechem, and I will divide by measure the steep valley of tabernacles.

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

8 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the supporter of my head. Judah is my king.

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

9 Moab is the cooking pot of my hope. I will extend my shoe in Idumea; the foreigners have become my friends.

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

10 Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will lead me, even into Idumea?

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

11 Will not you, O God, who had rejected us? And will not you, O God, go out 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 tribulation, for vain is the help of man.

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

13 In God, we will act virtuously, and he will bring our enemies to nothing.

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