[1] O God, my heart is steadfast [with confident faith]; I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul. [2] Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn! [3] I will praise and give thanks to You, O LORD, among the people; And I will sing praises to You among the nations. [4] For Your lovingkindness is great and higher than the heavens; Your truth reaches to the skies. [5] Be exalted [in majesty], O God, above the heavens, And Your glory above all the earth. [6] That Your beloved [ones] may be rescued, Save with Your right hand, and answer me! [7] God has spoken in His holiness: “I will rejoice, I will portion out Shechem [as I divide Canaan among My people], And measure out the Valley of Succoth. [8] Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet of My head [My stronghold, My defense]; Judah is My scepter. [9] Moab is My washbowl; Over Edom I will throw My shoe [to show Edom is Mine]; Over Philistia I will shout [in triumph].” [10] Who will bring me into the fortified city [of Petra]? Who will lead me to Edom? [11] Have You not rejected us, O God? And will You not go out, O God, with our armies? [12] Give us help against the adversary, For deliverance by man is in vain [a worthless hope]. [13] With God we will do valiantly, For it is He who will trample down our enemies.
