A song. A melody of David.
108 My heart is steadfast, O Al {pre. Ahl}.
I will sing and make music with my whole being.
2 Do awake, O stringed instrument; you too, O harp.
I will awaken the dawn.
3 I will praise you among the peoples, O Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah},
And I will sing praises to you among the nations.
4 For your loyal love is great, as high as the heavens,
And your faithfulness, up to the skies.
5 Be exalted above the heavens, O Al {pre. Ahl};
May your glory be over all the earth.
6 So that your loved ones may be rescued,
Save us with your right hand and answer me.
7 Al {pre. Ahl} has spoken in his holiness:
“I will exult, I will give out Sheʹchem as an inheritance,
And I will measure off the Valley of Sucʹcoth.
8 Gilʹe·ad belongs to me, as does Ma·nasʹseh,
And Eʹphra·im is the helmet for my head;
Judah is my commander’s staff.
9 Moʹab is my washbasin.
Over Eʹdom I will throw my sandal.
Over Phi·lisʹti·a I will shout in triumph.”
10 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me as far as Eʹdom?
11 Is it not you, O Al {pre. Ahl}, who have rejected us,
Our Al {pre. Ahl}, who no longer goes out with our armies?
12 Help us in our distress,
For salvation by humans is worthless.
13 By Al {pre. Ahl} we will gain power,
And he will trample on our adversaries.