A song, a psalm of David
108
📚O God, my heart is steadfast.I will sing and give praise,
even with my glory.
108:1 This psalm is made up of parts of two others – Ps 57:7-11; and 60:5-12. See notes on those psalms. We cannot be sure why or when this psalm was made this way, but we should notice that this is called a song, the other two are not. Sometimes to express praise and thanks to God for new mercies a new song is needed (Ps 96:1; 98:1). But sometimes old thoughts and old verses perfectly fit the present case.⚜
2 📚Awake, lyre and harp.
I myself will awaken early.
3 📚I will praise you, O LORD,
among the peoples,
and I will sing praises
to you among
the nations.
4 📚For your mercy is great,
higher than the heavens;
and your truth reaches
to the clouds.
5 📚Be exalted, O God, above the heavens,
and your glory above all the earth,
6 📚That your loved one may be delivered.
Give salvation with
your right hand,
and answer me.
7 📚God has spoken in his holiness:
“I will rejoice;
I will divide Shechem, and measure
out the valley of Succoth.
8 📚Gilead is mine;
Manasseh is mine;
and Ephraim is the helmet
for my head.
Judah is my lawgiver.
9 📚Moab is my wash pot.
Over Edom I will throw my sandal.
Over Philistia I will triumph”.
10 📚Who will bring me into the
strong city?
Who will lead me into Edom?
11 📚Will not you,
O God, who rejected us?
And will not you, O God, go forth
with our armies?
12 📚Give us help from trouble,
for useless is the help
of man.
13 📚Through God we will do valiantly,
for he it is who will tread
down our enemies.