Psalm 108

Praise and Prayer for Victory

(Ps 57:7–11; 60:5–12)

A Song. A Psalm of David.

1 My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast;a

I will sing and make melody.

Awake, my soul!b

2 Awake, O harp and lyre!

I will awake the dawn.

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

and I will sing praises to you among the nations.

4 For your steadfast love is higher than the heavens,

and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens,

and let your glory be over all the earth.

6 Give victory with your right hand, and answer me,

so that those whom you love may be rescued.

7 God has promised in his sanctuary:c

“With exultation I will divide up Shechem,

and portion out the Vale of Succoth.

8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;

Ephraim is my helmet;

Judah is my scepter.

9 Moab is my washbasin;

on Edom I hurl my shoe;

over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

10 Who will bring me to the fortified city?

Who will lead me to Edom?

11 Have you not rejected us, O God?

You do not go out, O God, with our armies.

12 O grant us help against the foe,

for human help is worthless.

13 With God we shall do valiantly;

it is he who will tread down our foes.