PSALM 108 [†]  p My heart is steadfast, O God!

I will sing and make melody with all my being! [1]

2 Awake, O harp and lyre!

I will awake the dawn!

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

I will sing praises to you among the nations.

4 For your steadfast love is great  q above the heavens;

your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

5[†] Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!

Let your glory be over all the earth!

6[^]  r That your beloved ones may be delivered,

give salvation by your right hand and answer me!

7[^][†] God has promised in his holiness: [2]

“With exultation I will divide up Shechem

and portion out the Valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;

Ephraim is my helmet,

Judah my scepter.

9 Moab is my washbasin;

upon Edom I cast my shoe;

 s 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 Oh grant us help against the foe,

for vain is the salvation of man!

13 With God we shall do valiantly;

it is he who will tread down our foes.

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.