Israel’s Kingdom Blessing (Psalm 57:1–11; Psalm 60:1–12)
1 CPDV A Canticle Psalm, of David himself. My heart is prepared, O God, my heart is prepared. I will sing songs, and I will sing psalms in my glory. BSB BSB: A song. A Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.
2 CPDV Rise up, my glory. Rise up, Psalter and harp. I will arise in early morning. BSB BSB: Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
3 CPDV I will confess to you, O Lord, among the peoples. And I will sing psalms to you among the nations. BSB BSB: I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing Your praises among the peoples.
4 CPDV For your mercy is great, beyond the heavens, and your truth, even to the clouds. BSB BSB: For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
5 CPDV Be exalted, O God, beyond the heavens, and your glory, beyond all the earth, BSB BSB: Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.
6 CPDV so that your beloved may be freed. Save with your right hand, and heed me. BSB BSB: Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
7 CPDV God has spoken in his holiness. I will exult, and I will divide Shechem, and I will divide by measure the steep valley of tabernacles. BSB BSB: God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
8 CPDV Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the supporter of my head. Judah is my king. BSB BSB: Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
9 CPDV Moab is the cooking pot of my hope. I will extend my shoe in Idumea; the foreigners have become my friends. BSB BSB: Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
10 CPDV Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will lead me, even into Idumea? BSB BSB: Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
11 CPDV Will not you, O God, who had rejected us? And will not you, O God, go out with our armies? BSB BSB: Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?
12 CPDV Grant us help from tribulation, for vain is the help of man. BSB BSB: Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
13 CPDV In God, we will act virtuously, and he will bring our enemies to nothing. BSB BSB: With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
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