108:1ffThe conclusions from two previous psalms have been put together to make this psalm. The first five verses are quoted from Psalm 57:7-11, and the next eight verses (108:6-13) are from Psalm 60:5-12.
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Psalm 108
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108Psalm 108
1no wonder I can sing your praises with ail my heart!
2Wake up, lyre and harp!I will wake the dawn with my song.
3I will thank you, LORD, among all the people.I will sing your praises among the nations.
4For your unfailing love is higher than the heavens.Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
5Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens.May your glory shine over all the earth.
6Now rescue your beloved people.Answer and save us by your power.
7God has promised this by his holiness*:“J will divide up Shechem with joy.I will measure out the valley of Succoth.
8Gilead is mine,and Manasseh, too.Ephraim, my helmet, will produce my warriors,and Judah, my scepter, will produce my kings.
9But Moab, my washbasin, will become my servant,and I will wipe my feet on Edomand shout in triumph over Philistia.”
10Who will bring me into the fortified city?Who will bring me victory over Edom?
11Have you rejected us, O God?Will you no longer march with our armies?
12Oh, please help us against our enemies,for all human help is useless.
13With God’s help we will do mighty things,for he will trample down our foes.
Theme: Righteous indignation against liars and slanderers. We can.feelings and desires.Author: David1 0 9 For the choir director: A psalm of David.
Textual footnotes
- 108:7 Or in his sanctuary.
Life Application Notes 3 notes
108:9Moab, Edom, and Philistia were Israet’s enemies to the east, south, and west, respectively. They despised the Israelites and Israel’s God.
108:13Do our prayers end with requests for help to make it through stressful situations? David prayed not merely for rescue, but for victory. With God's help we can claim more than mere survival, we can claim victory! Look for ways God can use your distress as an opportunity to show his mighty power.
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God loves them. We are called to hate the sin, but love the person. Only through God’s strength will we be able to follow David's example. 109:6-20 This is another of the imprecatory psalms, a call for God to judge the wicked, (For an explanation of imprecatory psalms, see the note on 35:1ff.) David was not taking vengeance into his own hands; he was asking that God be swift in his promised judgment of evil people. David's words depict the eventual doom of all God's enemies.