The Bible in Its Traditions

Psalms 108:1–14

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My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory.

title  Song of a Psalm by David.

O God, my heart is ready, my heart is ready; I will sing and sing psalms with my glory.

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Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn.

Ps107:2  Rise up, my glory. Rise up, Psalter and harp. I will arise in early morning.

Awake, my harp; awake, psaltery and harp; I myself will awake early.

I will give thanks unto Thee, O YHWH, among the peoples; and I will sing praises unto Thee among the nations.

Ps107:3  I will confess to you, O Lord, among the peoples. And I will sing psalms to you among the nations.

I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people; and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

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For Thy mercy is great above the heavens, and Thy truth reacheth unto the skies.

Ps107:4  For your mercy is great, beyond the heavens, and your truth, even to the clouds.

Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and Thy glory be above all the earth.

Ps107:5  Be exalted, O God, beyond the heavens, and your glory, beyond all the earth,

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That Thy beloved may be delivered, save with Thy right hand, and answer me.

That thy beloved ones may be delivered, save with thy right hand, and hear me. God has spoken in his sanctuary;

Ps107:6  so that your beloved may be freed. Save with your right hand, and heed me.

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God spoke in His holiness, that I would exult; that I would divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

I will be exalted, and will divide Sicima, and will measure out the valley of tents.

Ps107:7  God has spoken in his holiness. I will exult, and I will divide Shechem, and I will divide by measure the steep valley of tabernacles.

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Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.

Galaad is mine; and Manasses is mine; and Ephraim is the help of mine head; Judas is my king;

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Moab is my washpot; upon Edom do I cast my shoe; over Philistia do I cry aloud.

Moab is the caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I cast my sandal; the Philistines are made subject to me.

Ps107:9  Moab is the cooking pot of my hope. I will extend my shoe in Idumea; the foreigners have become my friends.

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10  Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me unto Edom?

Ps107:10  Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will lead me, even into Idumea?

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11  Hast not Thou cast us off, O God? and Thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts?

11  Wilt not thou, O God, who hast rejected us? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?

Ps107:11  Will not you, O God, who had rejected us? And will not you, O God, go out with our armies?

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

Ps107:12  Grant us help from tribulation, for vain is the help of man.

12  Give us strength against our enemies; for vain is the help of man.

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13  Through God we shall do valiantly; for He it is that will tread down our adversaries.

Ps107:13  In God, we will act virtuously, and he will bring our enemies to nothing.