CVIII. Book V. God Praised, and Supplicated to Give Victory. 1909-14. The Book of Psalms. The Harvard Classics

The Book of Psalms.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

Book V

CVIII

God Praised, and Supplicated to Give Victory

A Song, A Psalm of David.


[1]	MY heart is fixed, O God; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory.
[2]	Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake 1 right early.
[3]	I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the peoples; And I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
[4]	For thy lovingkindness is great above the heavens; And thy truth reacheth unto the skies.
[5]	Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, And thy glory above all the earth.
[6]	That thy beloved may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and answer us. 2
[7]	God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
[8]	Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre. 3
[9]	Moab is my washpot; Upon 4 Edom will I cast my shoe; Over Philistia will I shout.
[10]	Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who hath 5 led me unto Edom?
[11]	Hast 6 not thou cast us off, O God? And thou goest not forth, O God, with out hosts.
[12]	Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help 7 of man.
[13]	Through God we shall do valiantly: For he it is that will tread down our adversaries.

Note 1. Or, awake the dawn. [back]

Note 2. Another reading is, me. [back]

Note 3. Or, lawgiver. [back]

Note 4. Or, Unto. [back]

Note 5. Or, will lead me &c. [back]

Note 6. Or, Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off, And goest … hosts? [back]

Note 7. Heb. salvation. [back]