祈求上帝的幫助

大衛的詩歌。

108 上帝啊!我的心堅定不移,
我要用心靈歌頌你。
琴瑟啊,彈奏吧,
我要喚醒黎明。
耶和華啊,我要在列邦稱謝你,
在列國歌頌你。
因為你的慈愛廣及諸天,
你的信實高達穹蒼。
上帝啊,
願你得到的尊崇超過諸天,
願你的榮耀覆蓋大地。
求你應允我們的禱告,
伸出右手幫助我們,
使你所愛的人獲救。
上帝在祂的聖所說:
「我要歡然劃分示劍,丈量疏割谷。
基列是我的,瑪拿西也是我的,
以法蓮是我的頭盔,
猶大是我的權杖。
摩押是我的洗腳盆,
我要把鞋扔給以東,
我要在非利士高唱凱歌。」
10 誰能帶我進入堅固的城池?
誰能領我到以東?
11 上帝啊,你拋棄了我們嗎?
上帝啊,你不再和我們的軍隊一同出戰了嗎?
12 求你幫助我們攻打仇敵,
因為人的幫助徒然無益。
13 我們依靠上帝才能取勝,
祂必把我們的敵人踩在腳下。

A praise song of David.

108 God, I am ready, heart and soul,
    to sing songs of praise.
Wake up, my soul!
    Harps and lyres, wake up,
    and let’s wake the dawn!
Lord, I will praise you before all people.
    I will sing praises about you to every nation.
Your faithful love is higher
    than the highest clouds in the sky!
Rise above the heavens, God.
    Let all the world see your glory.
Use your great power and help us!
    Answer my prayer and save the people you love.

God has made this promise in his Temple[a]:
    “I will win the war and rejoice in victory!
I will divide this land among my people.
    I will give them Shechem.
    I will give them Succoth Valley.
Gilead and Manasseh will be mine.
    Ephraim will be my helmet.
    Judah will be my royal scepter.
Moab will be the bowl for washing my feet.
    Edom will be the slave who carries my sandals.
    I will defeat the Philistines and shout in victory!”

10-11 But, God, it seems that you have left us!
    You do not go out with our army.
So who will lead me into the strong, protected city?
    Who will lead me into battle against Edom?
12 Help us defeat the enemy!
    No one on earth can rescue us.
13 Only God can make us strong.
    Only God can defeat our enemies!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 108:7 in his Temple Or “in his holiness.”

Psalm 108[a](A)(B)

A song. A psalm of David.

My heart, O God, is steadfast;(C)
    I will sing(D) and make music with all my soul.
Awake, harp and lyre!(E)
    I will awaken the dawn.
I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
    I will sing of you among the peoples.
For great is your love,(F) higher than the heavens;
    your faithfulness(G) reaches to the skies.(H)
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;(I)
    let your glory be over all the earth.(J)

Save us and help us with your right hand,(K)
    that those you love may be delivered.
God has spoken(L) from his sanctuary:(M)
    “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem(N)
    and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.(O)
Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
    Ephraim is my helmet,
    Judah(P) is my scepter.
Moab(Q) is my washbasin,
    on Edom(R) I toss my sandal;
    over Philistia(S) I shout in triumph.”

10 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
    Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us
    and no longer go out with our armies?(T)
12 Give us aid against the enemy,
    for human help is worthless.(U)
13 With God we will gain the victory,
    and he will trample down(V) our enemies.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 108:1 In Hebrew texts 108:1-13 is numbered 108:2-14.