Psalm 108

A Plea for Victory

A song. A psalm of David.

My heart is confident, God;
I will sing; I will sing praises
with the whole of my being.[a](A)
Wake up, harp and lyre!
I will wake up the dawn.(B)
I will praise you, Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to you among the nations.(C)
For your faithful love is higher than the heavens,
and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.(D)
God, be exalted above the heavens,(E)
and let your glory be over the whole earth.(F)
Save with your right hand and answer me
so that those you love may be rescued.(G)

God has spoken in his sanctuary:[b]
“I will celebrate!
I will divide up Shechem.(H)
I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.(I)
Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine,
and Ephraim is my helmet;(J)
Judah is my scepter.(K)
Moab is my washbasin;(L)
I throw my sandal on Edom.(M)
I shout in triumph over Philistia.”(N)

10 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?(O)
11 God, haven’t you rejected us?
God, you do not march out with our armies.(P)
12 Give us aid against the foe,
for human help is worthless.(Q)
13 With God we will perform valiantly;(R)
he will trample our foes.(S)

Footnotes

  1. 108:1 Lit praises, even my glory
  2. 108:7 Or has promised by his holy nature

108  神啊!我的心堅定;

我要用我的靈(“靈”或譯:“榮耀”或“肝”;與16:9,30:12,57:8同)歌唱和頌讚。

琴和瑟啊!你們都要醒過來;

我也要喚醒黎明。

耶和華啊!我要在萬民中稱謝你,

在萬族中歌頌你。

因為你的慈愛偉大,高及諸天;

你的信實上達雲霄。

 神啊!願你被尊崇,過於諸天;

願你的榮耀遍及全地。

求你用右手拯救我們,應允我們,

使你喜愛的人得拯救。

 神在自己的聖所(“ 神在自己的聖所”或譯:“ 神指著自己的聖潔”)說:

“我必誇勝,

我必分開示劍,

我必量度疏割谷。

基列是我的,瑪拿西是我的;

以法蓮是我的頭盔;

猶大是我的權杖,

摩押是我的洗腳盆;

我要向以東拋鞋,

我要因戰勝非利士歡呼。”

10 誰能帶我進堅固城?

誰能領我到以東地去呢?

11  神啊!你不是把我們丟棄了嗎?

 神啊!你不和我們的軍隊一同出戰嗎?

12 求你幫助我們抵擋敵人,

因為人的援助是沒有用的。

13 我們靠著 神奮勇作戰,

因為他必踐踏我們的敵人。

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.