Psalms 108

1 A Song or Psalm of David. O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, 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 early.

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

3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises to 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 to the clouds.

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 me.

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

7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and measure 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 strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver;

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

9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.

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 strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

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

11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our armies?

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

12 Give us help from trouble: 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 will tread down our enemies.

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