## Psalms Chapter 108

###### Psalms 108:1
[Psalms 108:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/108:1)

שִׁ֖יר מִזְמ֣וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A Poem, A Psalm of David.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A song, a psalm of David.


###### Psalms 108:2
[Psalms 108:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/108:2)

נָכ֣וֹן לִבִּ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים אָשִׁ֥ירָה וַ֝אֲזַמְּרָ֗ה אַף־כְּבוֹדִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My heart is firm, O God; I will sing, I will give praise; my glory likewise.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My heart is steadfast [with You], O G d; I shall sing and make song — my soul, too.


###### Psalms 108:3
[Psalms 108:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/108:3)

ע֭וּרָֽה הַנֵּ֥בֶל וְכִנּ֗וֹר אָעִ֥ירָה שָּֽׁחַר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Awake the harp and the lyre: I will awaken the dawn.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Awake [me] O psaltery and harp — I shall awake the dawn [(unlike other kings, whom the dawn awakes)].


###### Psalms 108:4
[Psalms 108:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/108:4)

אוֹדְךָ֖ בָעַמִּ֥ים׀יְהֹוָ֑ה וַ֝אֲזַמֶּרְךָ֗ בַּלְאֻמִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will praise Thee, O Lord, among the peoples: and I will sing praises to Thee among the nations.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall praise You among the peoples, O L rd; I shall sing to You among the peoples.


###### Psalms 108:5
[Psalms 108:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/108:5)

כִּי־גָד֣וֹל מֵעַל־שָׁמַ֣יִם חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ וְֽעַד־שְׁחָקִ֥ים אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Thy steadfast love is great above the heavens: and Thy truth reaches the clouds.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For great above the heavens is Your lovingkindness [(for those who serve for the sake of Heaven)]; Your truth reaches unto the skies.


###### Psalms 108:6
[Psalms 108:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/108:6)

ר֣וּמָה עַל־שָׁמַ֣יִם אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְעַ֖ל כׇּל־הָאָ֣רֶץ כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and Thy glory above all the earth;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Exalt Yourself over the heavens, O G d; [repose] over all the earth Your glory.


###### Psalms 108:7
[Psalms 108:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/108:7)

לְ֭מַעַן יֵחָלְצ֣וּן יְדִידֶ֑יךָ הוֹשִׁ֖יעָה יְמִֽינְךָ֣ וַעֲנֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that Thy beloved ones may be delivered: save with Thy right hand, and answer me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
So that Your loved ones be rescued. Save [them] with Your right hand, and answer me [(for Your people and all of Your loved are dependent upon me)].


###### Psalms 108:8
[Psalms 108:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/108:8)

אֱלֹהִ֤ים**׀** דִּבֶּ֥ר בְּקׇדְשׁ֗וֹ אֶ֫עְלֹ֥זָה אֲחַלְּקָ֥ה שְׁכֶ֑ם וְעֵ֖מֶק סֻכּ֣וֹת אֲמַדֵּֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shekhem, and measure out the valley of Sukkot.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
G d spoke [through the prophets] in His holy spirit [that] I would [reign and] rejoice [in His word], [that] I would apportion lots [(from the land of my foes to Israel)], [that] I would mete out the vale of Succoth.


###### Psalms 108:9
[Psalms 108:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/108:9)

לִ֤י גִלְעָ֨ד**׀** לִ֤י מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה וְ֭אֶפְרַיִם מָע֣וֹז רֹאשִׁ֑י יְ֝הוּדָ֗ה מְחֹקְקִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Gil῾ad is mine; Menashshe is mine; Efrayim also is the strength of my head; Yehuda is my sceptre;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Mine is Gilad, and mine is Menasheh; Ephraim is the strength of my head; Yehudah, my lawgiver.


###### Psalms 108:10
[Psalms 108:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/108:10)

מוֹאָ֤ב**׀** סִ֬יר רַחְצִ֗י עַל־אֱ֭דוֹם אַשְׁלִ֣יךְ נַעֲלִ֑י עֲלֵי־פְ֝לֶ֗שֶׁת אֶתְרוֹעָֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Mo᾽av is my washpot; over Edom will I cast my shoe; over Peleshet I will cry in triumph.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Moav is the basin of my washing [i.e., my handservant]. Upon Plesheth I will cast my shoe [i.e., the service of shodding me]. Over Plesheth I will shout [(to affright them)].


###### Psalms 108:11
[Psalms 108:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/108:11)

מִ֣י יֹ֭בִלֵנִי עִ֣יר מִבְצָ֑ר מִ֖י נָחַ֣נִי עַד־אֱדֽוֹם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me to Edom?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Who will lead me [in the days of the Messiah] to the fortified city [(i.e., to assail Esav in his fortified cities)]? He who has [already] led me until Edom [(of whom I smote eighteen thousand in the Valley of Salt)].


###### Psalms 108:12
[Psalms 108:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/108:12)

הֲלֹֽא־אֱלֹהִ֥ים זְנַחְתָּ֑נוּ וְֽלֹא־תֵצֵ֥א אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים בְּצִבְאֹתֵֽינוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hast Thou not rejected us, O God? so that Thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Was not [our discomfiture in the past due to] Your forsaking us, O G d, Your not going out, O G d, among our hosts?


###### Psalms 108:13
[Psalms 108:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/108:13)

הָבָה־לָּ֣נוּ עֶזְרָ֣ת מִצָּ֑ר וְ֝שָׁ֗וְא תְּשׁוּעַ֥ת אָדָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Give us help against the foe: for vain is the help of man.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Give to us succor from the oppressor; for vain is the salvation of man.


###### Psalms 108:14
[Psalms 108:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/108:14)

בֵּאלֹהִ֥ים נַֽעֲשֶׂה־חָ֑יִל וְ֝ה֗וּא יָב֥וּס צָרֵֽינוּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is who will tread down our enemies.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In G d will we be victorious, and He will tread down our oppressors.