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Psalms 108

This Psalme is composed of two other Psalmes before, the seven and fiftieth and the sixtieth. The matter here conteined is, 1 That David giveth him self with heart and voice to praise the Lord, 7 And assureth him self of the promise of God concerning his kingdom over Israél, and his power against other nations: 11 Who though he seme to forsake us for a time, yet he alone wil in the end cast down our enemies.
¶ A song or Psalme of David.
1.O God, mine heart is aprepared, so is my ^tongue: I wil sing and give praise.
2.Awake viole & harpe: I wil awake early.
3.I wil praise thee, ô Lord, among the bpeople, and I wil sing unto thee among the nations.
4.For thy mercie is great above the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
5.cExalt thy self, ô God, above the heavens, and let thy glorie be upon all the earth,
6.That thy beloved maie be delivered: dhelp with thy right hand and hear me.
7.God hathe spoken in his eholines: therefore I wil rejoyce, I shal divide Shechém and measure the valley of Succóth.
8.Gileád shalbe mine, and Manasséh shalbe mine: Ephráim also shalbe the strength of mine head: Juda is my Lawegiver.
9.*Móab shalbe my washpot: over Edóm wil I cast out my shoe: upon Palestina wil I triumph.
10.Who wil lead me into the strong citie? who wil bring me unto Edóm?
11.fWilt not thou, ô God, which haddest forsaken us, and didest not go forth, ô God, with our armies?
12.Give us help against trouble: for vain is the help of man.
13.Through God we shal do valiantly: for he shal tread down our enemies.

Notes

1-^.
Or, my glory, because it chiefly sets forth the glory of God.
1-a.
This earnest affection declares that he is free from hypocrisy, and that sluggishness stays him not.
3-b.
He prophecies of the calling of the Gentiles: for except they were called, they could not hear the goodness of God.
5-c.
Let all the world see your judgements, in that that you are God over all, and so confess that you are glorious.
6-d.
When God by his benefits makes us partakers of his mercies, he admonishes us to be earnest in prayer to desire him to continue and finish his graces.
7-e.
As he has spoken to Samuel concerning me, so will he show himself constant, and holy in his promise, so that these nations following shall be subject unto me.
9-*.
Ps. 60.8.
11-f.
From the sixth verse of this psalm unto the last read the exposition in the sixtieth psalm and fifth verse.