Psalms 108:1-9

1 O God, my heart is fixed; I will make songs and melody, even with my glory.

2 Give out your sounds, O corded instruments: the dawn will be awaking with my song.

3 I will give you praise, O Lord, among the peoples; I will make melody to you among the nations.

4 For your mercy is higher than the heavens: and your unchanging faith than the clouds.

5 Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

6 Let your right hand be stretched out for salvation, and give me an answer, so that your loved ones may be safe from danger.

7 This is the word of the holy God: I will be glad; I will make Shechem a heritage, measuring out the valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

9 Moab is my washpot; on Edom is the resting-place of my shoe; over Philistia will I send out a glad cry.

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.