Psalms 108:5-13

5 Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens. May your glory shine over all the earth.

6 Now rescue your beloved people. Answer and save us by your power.

7 God has promised this by his holiness : “I will divide up Shechem with joy. I will measure out the valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh, too. Ephraim, my helmet, will produce my warriors, and Judah, my scepter, will produce my kings.

9 But Moab, my washbasin, will become my servant, and I will wipe my feet on Edom and shout in triumph over Philistia.”

10 Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will bring me victory over Edom?

11 Have you rejected us, O God? Will you no longer march with our armies?

12 Oh, please help us against our enemies, for all human help is useless.

13 With God’s help we will do mighty things, for he will trample down our foes.

Psalms 108:5-13 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or in his sanctuary.