Psalms 108:1-9

1 God, my heart is steady. I will sing and praise you with all my being.

2 Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.

3 Lord, I will praise you among the nations; I will sing songs of praise about you to all the nations.

4 Your great love reaches to the skies, your truth to the heavens.

5 God, you are supreme above the skies. Let your glory be over all the earth.

6 Answer us and save us by your power so the people you love will be rescued.

7 God has said from his Temple, "When I win, I will divide Shechem and measure off the Valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead and Manasseh are mine. Ephraim is like my helmet. Judah holds my royal scepter.

9 Moab is like my washbowl. I throw my sandals at Edom. I shout at Philistia."

Psalms 108:1-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 108

\\<>\\. This psalm consists of several passages out of the fifty seventh and sixtieth psalms, with very little variation. Jarchi and Kimchi refer it to the times of the Messiah. The title in the Syriac version is, ``concerning the calling of the Gentiles,'' to which, no doubt, it has respect.