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For your loyal love extends beyond the sky,[a]
and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.
Rise up[b] above the sky, O God.
May your splendor cover the whole earth.[c]
Deliver by your power[d] and answer me,
so that the ones you love may be safe.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 108:4 tn Heb “for great upon the sky [or “heavens”] [is] your loyal love.”
  2. Psalm 108:5 tn Or “be exalted.”
  3. Psalm 108:5 tn Heb “over all the earth [be] your splendor.” Though no verb appears, the tone of the statement is a prayer or wish. (Note the imperative form in the preceding line.)
  4. Psalm 108:6 tn Heb “right hand.”
  5. Psalm 108:6 tn Or “may be rescued.” The lines are actually reversed in the Hebrew text: “So that the ones you love may be rescued, deliver by your power and answer me.”