Psalms 108:1

Prayer to Yahweh for Victory over Enemies

1

A song. A psalm of David.

1 My heart [is] steadfast, O God. I will sing and give praise, even [with] my glory.

Psalms 108:1 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 108:1

O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise
From hence to ( Psalms 108:6 ) the words are taken out of ( Psalms 57:7-11 ) , which see.

Even with my glory;
my tongue; in ( Psalms 57:8 ) , it is read, "awake up my glory". (See Gill on Psalms 57:7),

Psalms 108:1 In-Context

1 My heart [is] steadfast, O God. I will sing and give praise, even [with] my glory.

2 Awake, harp and lyre. I will awake [the] dawn.

3 I will give you thanks among the peoples, O Yahweh; I will give you praise among the nations,

4 because your loyal love [is] great above [the] heavens, and your faithfulness [reaches] to [the] clouds.

5 Be exalted above [the] heavens, O God, and [let] your glory [be] above all the earth,

Footnotes

• [a]. The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one