[1] O God, my heart is ready to praise you! I will sing and rejoice before you. [2] Wake up, O harp and lyre! We will meet the dawn with song. [3] I will praise you everywhere around the world, in every nation. [4] For your loving-kindness is great beyond measure, high as the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches the skies. [5] His glory is far more vast than the heavens. It towers above the earth. [6] Hear the cry of your beloved child-come with mighty power and rescue me. [7] God has given sacred promises; no wonder I exult! He has promised to give us all the land of Shechem and also Succoth Valley. [8] "Gilead is mine to give to you," he says, "and Manasseh as well; the land of Ephraim is the helmet on my head. Judah is my scepter. [9] But Moab and Edom are despised; and I will shout in triumph over the Philistines." [10] Who but God can give me strength to conquer these fortified cities? Who else can lead me into Edom? [11] Lord, have you thrown us away? Have you deserted our army? [12] Oh, help us fight against our enemies, for men are useless allies. [13] But with the help of God we shall do mighty acts of valor. For he treads down our foes.
