Psalm 108

A Prayer for Help against the Foe

¹O God, my heart is fixed;

I will sing and give praise,

even with my glory.

²Awake, psaltery and harp:

I myself will awake early.

³I will praise thee, O Lord , among the people:

and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

⁴For thy mercy is great above the heavens:

and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.

⁵Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens:

and thy glory above all the earth;

⁶that thy beloved may be delivered:

save with thy right hand, and answer me.

⁷God hath spoken in his holiness;

I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem,

and mete out the valley of Succoth.

⁸Gil´e-ad is mine; Manas´seh is mine;

E´phra-im also is the strength of mine head;

Judah is my lawgiver;

⁹Moab is my washpot;

over Edom will I cast out my shoe;

over Philis´ti-a will I triumph.

¹⁰Who will bring me into the strong city?

Who will lead me into Edom?

¹¹Wilt not thou , O God, who hast cast us off?

And wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?

¹²Give us help from trouble:

for vain is the help of man.

¹³Through God we shall do valiantly:

for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.