A Poem, A Psalm of David.

A song, a psalm of David.

My heart is firm, O God; I will sing, I will give praise; my glory likewise.

My heart is steadfast [with You], O G d; I shall sing and make song — my soul, too.

Awake the harp and the lyre: I will awaken the dawn.

Awake [me] O psaltery and harp — I shall awake the dawn [(unlike other kings, whom the dawn awakes)].

I will praise Thee, O Lord, among the peoples: and I will sing praises to Thee among the nations.

I shall praise You among the peoples, O L rd; I shall sing to You among the peoples.

For Thy steadfast love is great above the heavens: and Thy truth reaches the clouds.

For great above the heavens is Your lovingkindness [(for those who serve for the sake of Heaven)]; Your truth reaches unto the skies.

Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and Thy glory above all the earth;

Exalt Yourself over the heavens, O G d; [repose] over all the earth Your glory.

that Thy beloved ones may be delivered: save with Thy right hand, and answer me.

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)].

God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shekhem, and measure out the valley of Sukkot.

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.

Gil῾ad is mine; Menashshe is mine; Efrayim also is the strength of my head; Yehuda is my sceptre;

Mine is Gilad, and mine is Menasheh; Ephraim is the strength of my head; Yehudah, my lawgiver.

Mo᾽av is my washpot; over Edom will I cast my shoe; over Peleshet I will cry in triumph.

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)].

Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me to Edom?

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)].

Hast Thou not rejected us, O God? so that Thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.

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?

Give us help against the foe: for vain is the help of man.

Give to us succor from the oppressor; for vain is the salvation of man.

Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is who will tread down our enemies.

In G d will we be victorious, and He will tread down our oppressors.