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Psalm 108

A song of David.

My heart is committed, O God:
    I will sing;
I will sing praises with great affection
    and pledge my whole soul to the singing.
Wake up the harp and lyre, and strum the strings;
    I will stir the sleepy dawn from slumber!
I will stand and offer You my thanks, Eternal One, in the presence of others;
    I will sing of Your greatness among the nations no matter where I am.
For Your amazing love soars overhead far into the heavens;
    Your truth rises up to the clouds
    where passing light bends.

O God, that You would be lifted up above the heavens in the hearts of Your people
    until the whole earth knows Your glory.
Reach down and rescue those whom You love;
    pull us to safety by Your mighty right hand, and answer me.
God’s voice has been heard in His holy sanctuary:
    “I will celebrate.
    I will allocate Shechem and the Succoth Valley to My people.
Gilead belongs to Me, and so does Manasseh;
    Ephraim is the helmet that protects My head;
    Judah is the scepter through which I rule;
Moab is the washpot in which I clean Myself;
    I will throw My shoe over Edom in conquest;
    Philistia will soon hear My victory shout.”

10 But who will take me into the fortified city?
    Who will lead me into Edom?
11 Have You not turned Your back on us, O God?
    Will You stay away and not accompany our armies, O God?
12 Help us against our enemy; we need Your help!
    It’s useless to trust in the hand of man for liberation.
13 Only through God can we be successful.
    It is God alone who will defeat our enemies and bring us victory!

108 O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

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

10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

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

12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

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