A song. A Psalm of David.

¹O GOD, my heart is fixed (steadfast, in the confidence of faith); I will sing, yes, I will sing praises, even with my glory [all the faculties and powers of one created in Your image]!

²Awake, harp and lyre; I myself will wake very early–I will waken the dawn!

³I will praise and give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples; and I will sing praises unto You among the nations.

⁴For Your mercy and loving-kindness are great and high as the heavens! Your truth and faithfulness reach to the skies! [Ps. 57:7-11.]

⁵Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let Your glory be over all the earth.

⁶That Your beloved [followers] may be delivered, save with Your right hand and answer us! [or me]!

⁷God has promised in His holiness [regarding the establishment of David's dynasty]: I will rejoice, I will distribute [Canaan among My people], dividing Shechem and [the western region and allotting the eastern region which contains] the Valley of Succoth.

⁸Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is My stronghold and the defense of My head; Judah is My scepter and lawgiver. [Gen. 49:10.]

⁹Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom [My slave] My shoe I cast [to be cleaned]; over Philistia I shout [in triumph].

¹⁰Who will bring me [David] into the strong, fortified city [of Petra]? Who will lead me into Edom?

¹¹Have You not cast us off, O God? And will You not go forth, O God, with our armies?

¹²Give us help against the adversary, for vain is the help of man.

¹³Through and with God we shall do valiantly, for He it is Who shall tread down our adversaries. [Ps. 60:5-12.]