With God We Shall Do Valiantly

A Song. A Psalm of David.

108 (A)My heart is steadfast, O God!
    I will sing and make melody with all my being![a]
Awake, O harp and lyre!
    I will awake the dawn!
I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;
    I will sing praises to you among the nations.
For your steadfast love is great (B)above the heavens;
    your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
    Let your glory be over all the earth!
(C)That your beloved ones may be delivered,
    give salvation by your right hand and answer me!

God has promised in his holiness:[b]
    “With exultation I will divide up Shechem
    and portion out the Valley of Succoth.
Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
    Ephraim is my helmet,
    Judah my scepter.
Moab is my washbasin;
    upon Edom I cast my shoe;
    (D)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.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 108:1 Hebrew with my glory
  2. Psalm 108:7 Or sanctuary

Psalm 108

A song of David.

My heart is committed, O God:
    I will sing;
I will sing praises with great affection
    and pledge my whole soul to the singing.
Wake up the harp and lyre, and strum the strings;
    I will stir the sleepy dawn from slumber!
I will stand and offer You my thanks, Eternal One, in the presence of others;
    I will sing of Your greatness among the nations no matter where I am.
For Your amazing love soars overhead far into the heavens;
    Your truth rises up to the clouds
    where passing light bends.

O God, that You would be lifted up above the heavens in the hearts of Your people
    until the whole earth knows Your glory.
Reach down and rescue those whom You love;
    pull us to safety by Your mighty right hand, and answer me.
God’s voice has been heard in His holy sanctuary:
    “I will celebrate.
    I will allocate Shechem and the Succoth Valley to My people.
Gilead belongs to Me, and so does Manasseh;
    Ephraim is the helmet that protects My head;
    Judah is the scepter through which I rule;
Moab is the washpot in which I clean Myself;
    I will throw My shoe over Edom in conquest;
    Philistia will soon hear My victory shout.”

10 But who will take me into the fortified city?
    Who will lead me into Edom?
11 Have You not turned Your back on us, O God?
    Will You stay away and not accompany our armies, O God?
12 Help us against our enemy; we need Your help!
    It’s useless to trust in the hand of man for liberation.
13 Only through God can we be successful.
    It is God alone who will defeat our enemies and bring us victory!