A Song, a Psalm of David. My heart is fixed, O God; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory.
2Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will 1 awake right early. 1) Or awake the dawn
3I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the peoples; And I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
4For thy lovingkindness is great above the heavens; And thy truth reacheth unto the skies.
5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, And thy glory above all the earth.
6That thy beloved may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and answer 1 us. 1) Another reading is me
7God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
8Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my 1 sceptre. 1) Or lawgiver
9Moab is my washpot; 1 Upon Edom will I cast my shoe; Over Philistia will I shout. 1) Or Unto
10Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who 1 hath led me unto Edom? 1) Or will lead me etc
111 Hast not thou cast us off, O God? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts. 1) Or Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off, And goest...hosts?
12Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the 1 help of man. 1) Heb salvation
13Through God we shall do valiantly: For he it is that will tread down our adversaries.