Psa 108-110 | ESV | STEP | A Song . A Psalm of David . My heart is steadfast , O God ! I will sing and make melody with all my being !

Psalms 108

With God We Shall Do Valiantly

A Song. A Psalm of David.

1 ^aMy heart is steadfast, O God!
I will sing and make melody with all my being! ^{▼▼Hebrew with my glory}
2 Awake, O harp and lyre!
I will awake the dawn!
3 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to you among the nations.
4 For your steadfast love is great ^cabove the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
Let your glory be over all the earth!
6 ^dThat your beloved ones may be delivered,
give salvation by your right hand and answer me!
7 God has promised in his holiness: ^{▼▼Or sanctuary}
“With exultation I will divide up Shechem
and portion out the Valley of Succoth.
8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet,
Judah my scepter.
9 Moab is my washbasin;
upon Edom I cast my shoe;
^fover Philistia I shout in triumph.”
10 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Have you not rejected us, O God?
You do not go out, O God, with our armies.
12 Oh grant us help against the foe,
for vain is the salvation of man!
13 With God we shall do valiantly;
it is he who will tread down our foes.

Psalms 109

Help Me, O Lord My God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1 ^gBe not silent, O ^hGod of my praise!
2 For wicked and ⁱdeceitful mouths are opened against me,
speaking against me with lying tongues.
3 They encircle me with words of hate,
and attack me ^jwithout cause.
4 In return for my love they ^kaccuse me,
but I ^lgive myself to prayer. ^{▼▼Hebrew but I am prayer}
5 So they ⁿreward me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
6 ^oAppoint a wicked man ^pagainst him;
let an accuser stand ^qat his right hand.
7 When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;
let his ^rprayer be counted as sin!
8 May his ^sdays be few;
may ^tanother take his ^uoffice!
9 May his ^vchildren be fatherless
and his wife a widow!
10 May his children ^wwander about and beg,
^xseeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
11 May ^ythe creditor seize all that he has;
may ^zstrangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
12 Let there be none to ^aaextend kindness to him,
nor any to ^abpity his fatherless children!
13 May his ^acposterity be cut off;
may his ^adname be blotted out in the second generation!
14 May ^aethe iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
and let not the sin of his mother be ^afblotted out!
15 ^agLet them be before the Lord continually,
that he may ^ahcut off the memory of them from the earth!
16 For he did not remember to show kindness,
but pursued ^aithe poor and needy
and ^ajthe brokenhearted, to put them to death.
17 ^akHe loved to curse; let curses come ^{▼▼Revocalization; Masoretic Text curses have come} upon him!
He did not delight in blessing; may it be far ^{▼▼Revocalization; Masoretic Text it is far} from him!
18 He ^anclothed himself with cursing as his coat;
may it ^aosoak ^{▼▼Revocalization; Masoretic Text it has soaked} into his body like water,
like oil into his bones!
19 May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,
like a belt that he puts on every day!
20 May this be the reward of my ^aqaccusers from the Lord,
of those who speak evil against my life!
21 But you, O God my Lord,
deal on my behalf ^arfor your name’s sake;
because your ^assteadfast love is good, deliver me!
22 For I am ^atpoor and needy,
and my heart is stricken within me.
23 I am gone like ^aua shadow at evening;
I am ^avshaken off like a locust.
24 My knees are weak ^awthrough fasting;
my ^axbody has become gaunt, with no fat.
25 I am ^ayan object of scorn to my accusers;
when they see me, they ^azwag their heads.
26 ^baHelp me, O Lord my God!
Save me according to your steadfast love!
27 Let them ^bbknow that this is your hand;
you, O Lord, have done it!
28 ^bcLet them curse, but you will bless!
They arise and are put to shame, but ^bdyour servant will be glad!
29 May my accusers be ^beclothed with dishonor;
may they ^bfbe wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!
30 With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord;
I will ^bgpraise him in the midst of the throng.
31 For he stands ^bhat the right hand of the needy one,
to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.

Psalms 110

Sit at My Right Hand

A Psalm of David.

1 ^biThe Lord says to my Lord:
^bj“Sit at my right hand,
^bkuntil I make your enemies your ^blfootstool.”
2 The Lord sends forth ^bmfrom Zion
^bnyour mighty scepter.
^boRule in the midst of your enemies!
3 ^bpYour people will ^bqoffer themselves freely
on the day of your ^brpower, ^{▼▼Or on the day you lead your forces}
in ^btholy garments; ^{▼▼Masoretic Text; some Hebrew manuscripts and Jerome on the holy mountains}
from the womb of the morning,
the dew of your youth will be yours. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
4 ^bwThe Lord has ^bxsworn
and will ^bynot change his mind,
^bz“You are ^caa priest ^cbforever
after the order of ^ccMelchizedek.”
5 The Lord is at your ^cdright hand;
he will ^ceshatter kings on ^cfthe day of his wrath.
6 He will ^cgexecute judgment among the nations,
^chfilling them with corpses;
he will ^cishatter chiefs ^{▼▼Or the head}
over the wide earth.
7 He will ^ckdrink from the brook by the way;
therefore he will lift up his head.