1 M y heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul.

My heart is fixed, O God: I will sing, yea, I will sing psalms, even my glory.

2 W ake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.

Awake, lute and harp: I will wake the dawn.

3 I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples.

I will give thee thanks among the peoples, O Jehovah; of thee will I sing psalms among the nations:

4 F or your loving kindness is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

For thy loving-kindness is great above the heavens, and thy truth is unto the clouds.

5 B e exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth.

Be thou exalted above the heavens, O God, and thy glory above all the earth.

6 T hat your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.

That thy beloved ones may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.

7 G od has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.

God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

8 G ilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is my helmet. Judah is my scepter.

Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

9 M oab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout over Philistia.”

Moab is my wash-pot; upon Edom will I cast my sandal; over Philistia will I shout aloud.

10 W ho will bring me into the fortified city? Who has led me to Edom?

Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me unto Edom?

11 H aven’t you rejected us, God? You don’t go out, God, with our armies.

not, O God, who didst cast us off? and didst not go forth, O God, with our armies?

12 G ive us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.

Give us help from trouble; for vain is man's deliverance.

13 T hrough God, we will do valiantly. For it is he who will tread down our enemies.

Through God we shall do valiantly; and he it is that will tread down our adversaries.