Psalm 108

A Prayer for Help against Enemies

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108 I have complete confidence, O God!

I will sing and praise you!

Wake up, my soul!

²Wake up, my harp and lyre!

I will wake up the sun.

³I will thank you, O Lord, among the nations.

I will praise you among the peoples.

⁴Your constant love reaches above the heavens;

your faithfulness touches the skies.

⁵Show your greatness in the sky, O God,

and your glory over all the earth.

⁶Save us by your might; answer my prayer,

so that the people you love may be rescued.

⁷From his sanctuary^p God has said,

“In triumph I will divide Shechem

and distribute the Valley of Sukkoth to my people.

⁸Gilead is mine, and Manasseh too;

Ephraim is my helmet

and Judah my royal sceptre.

⁹But I will use Moab as my washbasin

and I will throw my sandals on Edom,

as a sign that I own it.

I will shout in triumph over the Philistines.”

¹⁰Who, O God, will take me into the fortified city?

Who will lead me to Edom?

¹¹Have you really rejected us?

Aren’t you going to march out with our armies?

¹²Help us against the enemy;

human help is worthless.

¹³With God on our side we will win;

he will defeat our enemies.