Psalms 108

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

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.

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

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

3 I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the peoples: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

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

4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens, and thy truth [reacheth] unto the skies.

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

5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

9 Moab is my washpot; upon Edom will I cast my shoe: over Philistia will I shout.

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

10 Who will bring me into the fenced city? who hath led me unto Edom?

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

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

Will not you, O God, who had rejected us? And will not you, O God, go out with our armies?

12 Give us help against the adversary: for vain is the help of man.

Grant us help from tribulation, for vain is the help of man.

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

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