Psalms 108:1-9

1 O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise; this is my glory.

2 Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn.

3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the peoples, and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens, and thy truth reaches unto the heavens.

5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens and thy glory above all the earth;

6 that thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.

7 God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem and mete out the valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead shall be mine; Manasseh shall be mine; Ephraim also shall be the strength of my head; Judah shall be my lawgiver;

9 Moab shall be my washpot; over Edom I will cast my shoe; over Philistia I will triumph.

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.