4
For thy steadfast love is great above the heavens, thy faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
5
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let thy glory be over all the earth!
6
That thy beloved may be delivered, give help by thy right hand, and answer me!
7
God has promised in his sanctuary: "With exultation I will divide up Shechem, and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
8
Gilead is mine; Manas'seh is mine; E'phraim is my helmet; Judah my scepter.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.