Psalms 108

Praise, Oracle, and Urgent Plea

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Overview

Psalm 108 opens with a heart steadfastly fixed on God and overflowing in praise grounded in his ḥesed and fidelity, then turns to a divine oracle declaring absolute sovereignty over Israel's lands and surrounding nations, before closing with an anguished cry of apparent abandonment and a bold act of faith that locates all hope entirely in God's power rather than human strength.

Passages

1–5A Steadfast Heart Rises in Praise 6–9God's Oracle of Sovereignty Over the Land 10–11Who Will Lead Us In? The Cry of the Abandoned Soul 12–13A Renewed Cry for Help and Confident Trust

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Psalms 108

¹A Song. A Psalm by David. My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul.

²Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.

³I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples.

⁴For your loving kindness is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

⁵Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth.

⁶That your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.

⁷God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.

⁸Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is my helmet. Judah is my scepter.

⁹Moab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout over Philistia.”

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

¹¹Haven’t you rejected us, God? You don’t go out, God, with our armies.

¹²Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.

¹³Through God, we will do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our enemies.

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