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
Prayer for Victory
1A song; a psalm of David.
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2My heart is steadfast, God;#Ps 57:8–12.
my heart is steadfast.
Let me sing and chant praise.
3Awake, lyre and harp!
I will wake the dawn.#Jb 38:12.
4I will praise you among the peoples, Lord;
I will chant your praise among the nations.#Ps 9:12; 18:50; 148:13.
5For your mercy is greater than the heavens;
your faithfulness, to the skies.#Ps 36:6; 71:19.
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6Appear on high over the heavens, God;
your glory above all the earth.
7Help with your right hand and answer us
that your loved ones may escape.
8God speaks in his holiness:#Holiness: may also be translated as “sanctuary” or as referring to God’s heavenly abode.#Ps 60:8–14.
“I will exult, I will apportion Shechem;
the valley of Succoth I will measure out.
9Gilead is mine, mine is Manasseh;
Ephraim is the helmet for my head,
Judah, my scepter.
10Moab is my washbowl;
upon Edom I cast my sandal;#Ru 4:7–8.
I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”
11Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me into Edom?
12Was it not you who rejected us, God?
Do you no longer march with our armies?#Ps 44:10.
13Give us aid against the foe;
worthless is human help.
14We will triumph with the help of God,
who will trample down our foes.
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