Psalm 108
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Psalms 108— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, which is the key every lexicon and concordance uses (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets name a word that does a grammatical job rather than carrying a meaning, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
1My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.
2Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
3I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing Your praises among the peoples.
Rashi on Psalms 108:3
I shall awaken the dawn It is the custom of other kings that the dawn awakens them, but I awaken the dawn, for I rise at midnight, when the psaltery and the harp awaken me, as our Rabbis said (Ber. 3b): A harp was suspended above David’s bed.
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4For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
5Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.
6Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
7God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
8Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
9Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
10Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
Rashi on Psalms 108:10
Moab is my washbasin i.e., my slaves and my servants, like a utensil that people use.
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11Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?
Rashi on Psalms 108:11
Who will bring me in the time of the Messiah, to stretch forth my hand upon Esau in his fortified cities? He Who Who led us already upon Edom, that I smote them in the Valley of Salt, eighteen thousand.
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12Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
13With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.