Psalms 108

1 My heart is confident in you, O God; no wonder I can sing your praises with all my heart!

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

3 I will thank you, LORD, among all the people. I will sing your praises among the nations.

4 For your unfailing love is higher than the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

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 Commentary

Chapter 108

- We may usefully select passages from different psalms, as here, ( Psalm 57 , Psalm 60 ) , to help our devotions, and enliven our gratitude. When the heart is firm in faith and love, the tongue, being employed in grateful praises, is our glory. Every gift of the Lord honours and profits the possessor, as it is employed in God's service and to his glory. Believers may pray with assured faith and hope, for all the blessings of salvation; which are secured to them by the faithful promise and covenant of God. Then let them expect from him help in every trouble, and victory in every conflict. Whatever we do, whatever we gain, God must have all the glory. Lord, visit all our souls with this salvation, with this favour which thou bearest to thy chosen people.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or in his sanctuary.

Chapter Summary

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.