Psalms 108
108
A Prayer for God’s Help
A poetic psalm by King David
1My heart, O God, is focused and determined.
Now I can sing my song with passionate praises!
Awake, O my soul, with the music of his splendor.
2Arise, my soul, and sing his praises!
I will awaken the dawn with my worship,
greeting the daybreak with my songs of light.
3Wherever I go, I will thank you.
All the nations will hear my praise songs to you.
4Your love is so extravagant, it reaches higher than the heavens!
Your faithfulness is so astonishing, it stretches to the skies!
5Lord God, be exalted as you soar throughout the heavens.
May your shining glory be seen high above all the earth!
6Come to your beloved ones and gently draw us out.
Answer our prayer for your saving help.
Come with your might and strength, for we need you, Lord!
7-9Then I heard the Lord speak in his holy splendor,
and from his sanctuary I heard the Lord promise:
“In my triumph I will be the one to measure out
the portion of my inheritance to my people,
and I will secure the land as I promised you.
Shechem, Succoth, Gilead, Manasseh # 108:7–9 The Hebrew includes two geographical places in the text: Shechem and Succoth. Shechem is where Jacob (Israel) first bought title to the land, paying one hundred pieces of silver for the place where he camped. Succoth is another place where Jacob temporarily camped in the Land of Promise. These two places speak of God being the one who brought them in and portioned out the land for his people. —
they are all still mine!” he says.
“Judah will continue to produce kings and lawgivers,
and Ephraim will produce great warriors.
Moab will become my lowly servant.
Edom will likewise serve my purposes.
I will lift up a shout of victory over the land of Philistia!
10But who will bring my triumph into Edom’s fortresses?” # 108:10 Edom is a variant form of the word Adam.
11Lord, have you really rejected us, refusing to fight our battles?
12Give us a father’s help when we face our enemies.
For to trust in any man is an empty hope.
13With God’s help we will prevail with might and power.
And with God’s help we’ll trample down our every foe!
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108
A song. A psalm of David.
1God, I have complete confidence in you! My whole being sings praises to you!
2Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn!
3I will thank you among the peoples, Lord, I will sing your praises among the nations.#108:3 These verses are almost the same as Psalms 57:8-9.
4For your trustworthy love reaches higher than the heavens, your faithfulness is higher than the clouds.
5God, your greatness is above the highest heavens; and your glory is over all the earth!#108:5. This verse is the same as Psalms 57:11.
6Rescue those you love! Answer us, and save us by your power!
7God has spoken from his Temple: “Triumphantly I divide up Shechem, and portion out the Valley of Succoth.
8Both Gilead and Manasseh belong to me. Ephraim is my helmet, and Judah is my scepter.
9I will treat Moab as my washbasin; I will place my sandal on Edom; I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”
10Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me into Edom?
11Have you rejected us, God? Won't you go out with our armies?
12Please give us help against our enemies, for human help is worthless.
13Our strength is in God, and he will crush our enemies.#108:13 These verses (6-13) are substantially the same as Psalms 60:5-12. For footnotes see Psalms 60.
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