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Psalms 108:1-13 World English Bible (WEB)

1 > My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul.

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

3 I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples.

4 For your loving kindness is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

5 Be exalted, God, above the heavens, Let your glory be over all the earth.

6 That your beloved may be delivered, Save with your right hand, and answer us.

7 God has spoken from his sanctuary: "In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is my helmet. Judah is my scepter.

9 Moab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout over Philistia."

10 Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who has led me to Edom?

11 Haven't you rejected us, God? You don't go forth, God, with our armies.

12 Give us help against the enemy, For the help of man is vain.

13 Through God, we will do valiantly. For it is he who will tread down our enemies.

Commentary on Psalms 108 John Gill's Exposition of the Bible


Introduction

INTRODUCTION TO Psalm 108

A Song cf15I or Psalm of David. 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.


Verses 1-3

O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise,.... From hence to Psalm 108:6 the words are taken out of Psalm 57:7, which see.

Even with my glory; my tongue; in Psalm 57:8, it is read, "awake up my glory". See Gill on Psalm 57:7,


Verse 4-5

For thy mercy is great above the heavens,..... It is in Psalm 57:10, "thy mercy is great unto the heavens". See Gill on Psalm 57:10.


Verses 6-8

That thy beloved may be delivered,.... From hence to the end of the psalm the words are taken out of Psalm 60:5. See Gill on Psalm 60:5.


Verse 9-10

Over Philistia will I triumph,.... In Psalm 60:8, it is, "Philistia, triumph thou because of me"; See Gill on Psalm 60:8.


Verses 11-13

And wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?.... In Psalm 60:10, it is, "and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies". See Gill on Psalm 60:10.