Psalms 108:1-11

1 I have complete confidence, O God! I will sing and praise you! Wake up, my soul!
2 Wake up, my harp and lyre! I will wake up the sun.
3 I will thank you, O Lord, among the nations. I will praise you among the peoples.
4 Your constant love reaches above the heavens; your faithfulness touches the skies.
5 Show your greatness in the sky, O God, and your glory over all the earth.
6 Save us by your might; answer my prayer, so that the people you love may be rescued.
7 From his sanctuary God has said, "In triumph I will divide Shechem and distribute Sukkoth Valley to my people.
8 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh too; Ephraim is my helmet and Judah my royal scepter.
9 But I will use Moab as my washbowl, and I will throw my sandals on Edom, as a sign that I own it. I will shout in triumph over the Philistines."
10 Who, O God, will take me into the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Have you really rejected us? Aren't you going to march out with our armies?

Psalms 108:1-11 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 1

  • [a]. From his sanctuary; [or] In his holiness.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.