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A king awakens harp and psaltery at dawn above a broad landscape of Israel’s territories and a distant fortified Edomite city.
KING JAMES VERSION

PSALMS 108

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Psalms 108 — David’s fixed heart praises mercy above the heavens and seeks divine help for victory where human aid is vain.

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Territories are suggested geographically without map labels; the psalm reuses material from Psalms 57 and 60 but receives its own dawn-and-stronghold composition.

Scripture basis: Psalms 108:1–13
  1. 1A Song or Psalm of David. O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
  2. 2Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
  3. 3I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
  4. 4For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
  5. 5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
  6. 6That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
  7. 7God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
  8. 8Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
  9. 9Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
  10. 10Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
  11. 11Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
  12. 12Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
  13. 13Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom

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