Psalms 108

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

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

2 I will arise before the sun rises, and I will [praise you while I play] my [big] harp and my (lyre/small harp).

Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn.

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

I will give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the peoples; and I will sing praises unto Thee among the nations.

4 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.

For Thy mercy is great above the heavens, and Thy truth reacheth unto the skies.

5 Yahweh, [show] in the heavens that you are very great! And [show] your glory [to people] all over the earth!

Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and Thy glory be above all the earth.

6 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.”

That Thy beloved may be delivered, save with Thy right hand, and answer me.

7 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.

God spoke in His holiness, that I would exult; that I would divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

8 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];

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

9 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].”

Moab is my washpot; upon Edom do I cast my shoe; over Philistia do I cry aloud.

10 [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]

Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me unto Edom?

11 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].

Hast not Thou cast us off, O God? and Thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts?

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

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

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

Through God we shall do valiantly; for He it is that will tread down our adversaries.