Selah
God’s glory is invested in His deliverance of His
people (vv.1-6) |
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1 My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing, |
I will sing praises, even with my soul/glory. |
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2 Awake, harp and lyre; |
I will awaken the dawn! |
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3 I will give thanks to You, O Yahweh, among the peoples, |
And I will sing praises to You among the nations. |
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4 For Your lovingkindness is great above the heavens, |
And Your truth reaches to the skies. |
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5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, |
And Your glory above all the earth. |
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6 That Your beloved may be delivered, |
Save with Your right hand,[2] and answer me! |
God speaks (vv.7-9) [3] |
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7 God has spoken in His holiness: |
“I will exult, I will portion out Shechem |
And measure out the valley of Succoth. |
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8 “Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine; |
Ephraim also is the helmet of My head; |
Judah is My scepter. |
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9 “Moab is My washbowl; |
Over Edom I shall throw My shoe; |
Over Philistia I will shout aloud.” |
Valiant deeds through God (vv.10-13) |
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10 Who will bring me into the besieged city? |
Who will lead me to Edom? |
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11 Have not You Yourself, O God, rejected us? |
And will You not go forth with our armies, O God? |
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12 Oh give us help against the adversary, |
For deliverance by man is in vain. |
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13 Through God we will do valiantly, |
And it is He who shall tread down our adversaries. |
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[1] Psalm 108 is a combination of the second parts of Psalm 57:7-11 (108:1-5) + Psalm 60:5-11 (108:6-13). Interestingly, and perhaps significantly, the sections appropriated by Psalm 108 are taken after the “Selah” (Psalm 57:6; 60:4). Could this signify that “Selah” was a marker used for putting different sections of Psalms together for singing (cf. 1 Samuel 2:1-10; Luke 1:46-55; 1 Cor.14:26; Eph.5:19; Col.3:16)? |
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[2] Right hand occurs here in v.6; 109:6,31; 110:1,5. |
