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| 1 [[A Song, a Melody: David's.]] Fixed, is my heart, O God, I will sing and touch the strings, even mine honour. |
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| 2 Awake, O harp and lyre, I will awaken the dawn! |
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| 3 I will thank thee among the peoples, O Yahweh, and will sing praise unto thee, among the tribes of men. |
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| 4 For, great, above the heavens, is thy lovingkindness, and, as far as the skies, thy faithfulness. |
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| 5 Be thou exalted above the heavens, O God, And, above all the earth, be thy glory. |
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| 6 To the end thy beloved ones may be delivered, Oh save thou with thy right hand and answer me! |
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| 7 God, hath spoken in his holiness, I will exult! I will apportion Shechem! And, the Vale of Succoth, will I measure out; |
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| 8 Mine, is Gilead–mine, Manasseh, but, Ephraim, is the defence of my head, Judah, is my commander's staff; |
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| 9 Moab, is my wash-bowl, Upon Edom, will I throw my shoe, Over Philistia, raise a shout of triumph. |
Moab is my washpot – Cleansing Israel from their defilement and bringing them back to God. R4199:5
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| 10 Who will conduct me to a fortified city? Who will lead me as far as Edom? |
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| 11 Hast not thou, O God, rejected us? and wilt not go forth, O God, with our hosts. |
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| 12 Grant us help out of distress, for, vain, is the deliverance of man: |
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| 13 In God, shall we do valiantly, He himself, therefore, shall tread down our adversaries. |
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