Salmos 108

Lof van God en gebed om hulp.

1 'n LIED. 'n Psalm van Dawid.

2 My hart is gerus, o God! Ek wil sing en psalmsing, ja, ook my eer.

3 Waak op, harp en siter! Ek wil die dageraad wakker maak.

4 Ek wil U loof onder die volke, o Here, en psalmsing tot u eer, onder die nasies;

5 want u goedertierenheid is groot bo die hemel uit en u trou tot by die wolke.

6 Verhef U bo die hemele, o God, en u heerlikheid bo die hele aarde!

7 Dat u bemindes gered kan word — verlos deur u regterhand en verhoor ons!

8 God het gespreek in sy heiligdom: Ek wil jubel, Ek wil Sigem verdeel en die dal van Sukkot afmeet.

9 Gílead is myne, Manasse is myne, en Efraim is die beskutting van my hoof; Juda is my veldheerstaf.

10 Moab is my waskom; op Edom werp Ek my skoen; oor Filistéa jubel Ek.

11 Wie sal my bring in die versterkte stad? Wie lei my tot in Edom?

12 Het U, o God, ons nie verwerp nie? En U trek nie uit, o God, saam met ons leërs nie.

13 Gee ons hulp teen die vyand, want die mens se hulp is vergeefse moeite.

14 In God sal ons kragtige dade doen, en Hy self sal ons vyande vertrap.

A Song, a Psalm of David.

1 My heart is fixed, O God;

I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory.

2 Awake, psaltery and harp:

I myself will awake right early.

3 I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the peoples;

And I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

4 For thy lovingkindness is great above the heavens;

And thy truth reacheth unto the skies.

5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens,

And thy glory above all the earth.

6 That thy beloved may be delivered,

Save with thy right hand, and answer us.

7 God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult;

I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;

Ephraim also is the defence of my head;

Judah is my sceptre.

9 Moab is my washpot;

Upon Edom will I cast my shoe;

Over Philistia will I shout.

10 Who will bring me into the fortified city?

Who hath led me unto Edom?

11 Hast not thou cast us off, O God?

And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.

12 Give us help against the adversary;

For vain is the help of man.

13 Through God we shall do valiantly:

For he it is that will tread down our adversaries.