Psalm 108


Paratum cor meum.



O GOD, my heart is ready, my heart is ready;  I will sing, and give praise with the best member that I have.
  Awake, thou lute and harp;  I myself will awake right early.
  I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the peoples;  I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
  For thy mercy is greater than the heavens,  and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
  Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens,  and thy glory above all the earth;
  That thy beloved may be delivered:  let thy right hand save them, and hear thou me.

  God hath spoken in his holiness;  I will rejoice there-fore, and divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
  Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;  Ephraim also is the strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver;
  Moab is my wash-pot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe;  upon Philistia will I triumph.
  Who will lead me into the strong city?  and who will bring me into Edom?
  Hast not thou forsaken us, O God?  and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
  O help us against the enemy:  for vain is the help of man.
  Through God we shall do great acts;  and it is he that shall tread down our enemies.
 

[Coverdale]