Israel's kingdom blessing
(Psalm 57:1-11; Psalm 60:1-12)
1
A Canticle Psalm, of David himself.
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My heart is prepared, O God, my heart is prepared. I will sing songs, and I will sing psalms in my glory.
3
Rise up, my glory. Rise up, Psalter and harp. I will arise in early morning.
4
I will confess to you, O Lord, among the peoples. And I will sing psalms to you among the nations.
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For your mercy is great, beyond the heavens, and your truth, even to the clouds.
6
Be exalted, O God, beyond the heavens, and your glory, beyond all the earth,
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so that your beloved may be freed. Save with your right hand, and heed me.
8
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.
9
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the supporter of my head. Judah is my king.
10
Moab is the cooking pot of my hope. I will extend my shoe in Idumea; the foreigners have become my friends.
11
Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will lead me, even into Idumea?
12
Will not you, O God, who had rejected us? And will not you, O God, go out with our armies?
13
Grant us help from tribulation, for vain is the help of man.
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In God, we will act virtuously, and he will bring our enemies to nothing.