1 A psalm of David.
2 My heart [is] fixed, O God: I will sing and sing psalms (or play), yea, my glory.
3 Awake, O (the) lute and harp: I will wake the dawn.
4 I will give thee thanks among the peoples, O Jehovah, and I will sing psalms to thee among the Gentiles.
5 For great from above the heavens [is] thy mercy, and unto the clouds thy truth.
6 Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and thy glory above all the earth.
7 That thy beloved ones may be delivered, save with thy right hand and answer me (or us).
8 God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult, I will divide Shechem and mete out the valley of Succoth.
9 Gilead [is] mine, Manasseh mine, and Ephraim [is] the strength of my head, Judah my lawgiver.
10 Moab [is] my washpot; at Edom will I cast my shoe; over Philistia will I shout.
11 Who will bring me [to] the strong city? Who did (or will) lead me even to Edom?
12 Hast thou not cast us off, O God? and wilt thou not, O God, go with our hosts?
13 Give us help from distress, for (and) vain [is] man’s salvation.
14 In God we will do mightily (make strength); and he will tread down our adversaries.
Notes on Psalm 108
“A song, a psalm of David.” This Psalm consists of the latter halves of Psalms 57 and 60—with variations. The deliverance, though really of God, is not yet complete; but this is looked for with assurance.