Psalms 108

1 A canticle of a psalm for David himself. My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and will give praise, with my glory.

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

2 Arise, my glory; arise, psaltery and harp: I will arise in the morning early.

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 praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing unto thee among the populations.

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

4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth even unto the clouds.

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, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory 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 thy beloved may be delivered. Save with thy right hand and hear me.

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 will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem and I will mete out the vale of tabernacles.

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 Galaad is mine, and Manasses is mine and Ephraim the protection of my head. Juda is my king:

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 the pot of my hope. Over Edom I will stretch out my shoe: the aliens are become my friends.

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 strong city? who will lead me into 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 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth 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 O grant us help from trouble: for vain is the help 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 Through God we shall do mightily: and he will bring our enemies to nothing.

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