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
Psalm 108
A Plea for Victory
A song. A psalm of David.
1My heart is confident, God;
I will sing; I will sing praises
with the whole of my being.#108:1 Lit praises, even my glory#Ps 59:17; 112:7
2Wake up, harp and lyre!
I will wake up the dawn.#Jdg 5:12; Ps 33:2; 81:2
3I will praise you, Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to you among the nations.#2Sm 22:50; Ps 9:11; 18:49
4For your faithful love is higher than the heavens,
and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.#Ps 36:5; 103:11; Lm 3:22–23
5God, be exalted above the heavens,#Ps 113:4
and let your glory be over the whole earth.#Ps 57:7–11
6Save with your right hand and answer me
so that those you love may be rescued.#Ps 17:7; 20:6; 138:7
7God has spoken in his sanctuary:#108:7 Or has promised by his holy nature
“I will celebrate!
I will divide up Shechem.#Gn 12:6; 33:18
I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.#Gn 33:17
8Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine,
and Ephraim is my helmet;#Dt 33:17; Jos 13:31
Judah is my scepter.#Gn 49:10
9Moab is my washbasin;#2Sm 8:2
I throw my sandal on Edom.#2Sm 8:14
I shout in triumph over Philistia.”#2Sm 8:1
10Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?#Jr 1:18
11God, haven’t you rejected us?
God, you do not march out with our armies.#Ps 44:9
12Give us aid against the foe,
for human help is worthless.#Ps 146:3
13With God we will perform valiantly;#Nm 24:18; Ps 44:5; 118:15–16
he will trample our foes.#Ps 60:5–12
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