Psalms 108:13
in Psalms 108With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
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ASV
Through God we shall do valiantly: For he it is that will tread down our adversaries.
KJV
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
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This verse in Psalms 108
Commentary
10 notes on this verseGod's help shall inspire us to help ourselves. Faith is neither a coward nor a sluggard: she knows that God is with her, and therefore she does valiantly; she knows that he will tread down her enemies, and therefore she arises to tread them down in his name. Where praise and prayer have preceded the battle, we may expect to see heroic deeds and decisive victories. Through God is our secret support; from that source we draw all our courage, wisdom, and strength. We shall do valiantly.
This site's exposition
bring me to the fortified city
on Psalms 108:10-13
The close is Psalm 60:9 to 12, and it opens with a question about the fortified city of Edom. Verse 11 asks whether God has rejected them and will no longer march, and verse 13 answers that with God they will trample the enemy. The help of man is worthless.
This site's exposition
With God we will perform with valor
This is Psalm 60:12, the close of both psalms. Perform with valor is the phrase of Numbers 24:18, where Edom is taken while Israel performs with valor. God answers the question of verse 10 about Edom.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"In God we will do valiantly." Let us have hope in nothing except in God alone. Let us not say: If this should happen to me, or that, whence shall I have the means to live? I answer you: what is greater, if persecution should come, whence do you have the means to live? For a Christian there is always persecution, always nakedness is set before him.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Blessed Paul will own that even he can do nothing, nothing to purpose, but through Christ strengthening him, Phil. iv. (2.) When we have acquitted ourselves ever so well, yet we cannot speed by any merit or might of our own; it is God himself that treads down our enemies, else we with all our valour cannot do it. Whatever we do, whatever we gain, God must have all the glory.
13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. We may here learn how to pray as well as praise. We must be public-spirited in prayer, and bear upon our hearts, at the throne of grace, the concerns of the church of God,
It intimates likewise that it is not only allowable, but sometimes convenient, to gather some verses out of one psalm and some out of another, and to put them together, to be sung to the glory of God. In singing this psalm we must give glory to God and take comfort to ourselves.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
God's help shall inspire us to help ourselves. Faith is neither a coward nor a sluggard: she knows that God is with her, and therefore she does valiantly; she knows that he will tread down her enemies, and therefore she arises to tread them down in his name. Where praise and prayer have preceded the battle, we may expect to see heroic deeds and decisive victories. Through God is our secret support; from that source we draw all our courage, wisdom, and strength. We shall do valiantly. This is the public outflow from that secret source: our inward and spiritual faith proves itself by outward and valorous deeds. He shall tread down our enemies. They shall fall before him, and as they lie prostrate he shall march over them, and all the hosts of his people with him. This is a prophecy. It was fulfilled to David, but it remains true to the Son of David and all who are on his side. The Church shall yet arouse herself to praise her God with all her heart, and then with songs and hosannas she will advance to the great battle; her foes shall be overthrown and utterly crushed by the power of her God, and the Lord's glory shall be above all the earth. Send it in our time, we beseech thee, O Lord.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Through God we shall do valiantly - From him we derive our courage, from him our strength, and by him our success. [For the Analysis, see the Psa 57:1-11 (note) and Psa 60:1-12 (note). Also see introduction to Psa 108:1-13 (note)]
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Through God we shall do ... - This also is taken from Psa 60:12, without change. Thus the psalm, though made up of parts of two separate psalms, is complete and continuous in itself. There is no break or discrepancy in the current of thought, but the unity is as perfect as though it had been an original composition. It is to be remarked, also, that though in the original psalms the parts which are used here have a different connection, and are separately complete there, yet as employed here, they seem to be exactly suited to the new use which is made of the language; and though the original “reasons” for the use of the language do not appear here, yet there is a sufficient reason for that language apparent in the psalm as rearranged. To an Israelite, also, there might be a new interest in the use of the language in the fact that words with which he was familiar, as employed for other purposes, “could” be thus combined, and made applicable to a new occasion in the national history.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בֵּֽאלֹהִ֥ים | belohim | in God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| נַעֲשֶׂה־ | naaseh- | we will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| חָ֑יִל | chayil | strength | H2428 → | 246 times |
| וְ֝ה֗וּא | vehu' | and he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| יָב֥וּס | yavus | he will tread down | H947 → | 12 times |
| צָרֵֽינוּ׃ | tzareinu | opponents our | H6862 → | 109 times |
בֵּֽאלֹהִ֥יםin God
belohimH430 →2601 times
נַעֲשֶׂה־we will do
naaseh-H6213 →2628 times
חָ֑יִלstrength
chayilH2428 →246 times
וְ֝ה֗וּאand he
vehu'H1931 →1879 times
יָב֥וּסhe will tread down
yavusH947 →12 times
צָרֵֽינוּ׃opponents our
tzareinuH6862 →109 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Romans 16:20The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
it leads to
- Luke 10:19
Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
- Malachi 4:3
Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 John 3:8
The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the…
- Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
- Zechariah 10:5
They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.
- Luke 10:19
Through
Isaiah 63:3“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and…
it leads to
- Revelation 19:13–15
He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.
- Revelation 19:13–15
Through
Psalms 60:12With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
it leads to
- Psalms 44:5
Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
- Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Psalms 44:5
About Psalms
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Psalms; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 5; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Jerome, Homily 34, on Psalm 107 and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.