Psalms 108

Prayer to Yahweh for Victory over Enemies

¹My heart is steadfast, O God.

I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.

²Awake, harp and lyre.

I will awake the dawn.

³I will give you thanks among the peoples, O Yahweh;

I will give you praise among the nations,

⁴because your loyal love is great above the heavens,

and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

⁵Be exalted above the heavens, O God,

and let your glory be above all the earth,

⁶so that your beloved ones may be rescued.

Save by your right hand and answer me.

⁷God has spoken in his holiness,

“I will exult, I will divide up Shechem,

and portion out the valley of Succoth.

⁸Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine.

And Ephraim is the helmet for my head.

Judah is my scepter;

⁹Moab is my washing pot.

Over Edom I will cast my sandal;

Over Philistia I will shout in triumph.”

¹⁰Who will bring me to the fortified city?

Who will lead me to Edom?

¹¹Have you not rejected us, O God,

and not gone out with our armies, O God?

¹²Give us help against the enemy,

for the help of humankind is futile.

¹³Through God we will do valiantly,[#Hebrew “do might”]

and it is he who will tread down our enemies.