Psalm 108

1    My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready;  ♦

I will sing and give you praise.

2    Awake, my soul; awake, harp and lyre,  ♦

that I may awaken the dawn.

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

I will sing praise to you among the nations.

4    For your loving-kindness is as high as the heavens  ♦

and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

5    Be exalted, O God, above the heavens  ♦

and your glory over all the earth.

6    That your beloved may be delivered,  ♦

save us by your right hand and answer me.

7    God has spoken in his holiness:  ♦

‘I will triumph and divide Shechem

    and share out the valley of Succoth.

8    ‘Gilead is mine and Manasseh is mine;  ♦

Ephraim is my helmet and Judah my sceptre.

9    ‘Moab shall be my washpot,

    over Edom will I cast my sandal,  ♦

across Philistia will I shout in triumph.’

10  Who will lead me into the strong city?  ♦

Who will bring me into Edom?

11  Have you not cast us off, O God?  ♦

Will you no longer go forth with our troops?

12  O grant us your help against the enemy,  ♦

for earthly help is in vain.

13  Through God will we do great acts,  ♦

for it is he that shall tread down our enemies.

 

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