1 Song of a Psalm by David. 2 O God, my heart is ready, my heart is ready; I will sing and sing psalms with my glory. 3 Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake early. 4 I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, among the people; I will sing praise to thee among the Gentiles. 5 For thy mercy is great above the heavens, And thy truth [reaches] to the clouds. 6 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; And thy glory above all the earth. 7 That thy beloved [ones] may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and hear me. God has spoken in his sanctuary; 8 I will be exalted, and will divide Shechem, And will measure out the Valley of Tents. 9 Gilead is mine; and Manasseh is mine; And Ephraim is the help of my head; Judah is my king; 10 Moab is the caldron of my hope; Over Edom will I cast my sandal; The Philistines are made subject to me. 11 Who will bring me into the fortified city? Or who will guide me to Edom? 12 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast rejected us? And wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? 13 Give us help from tribulation: For vain is the help of man. 14 Through God we shall do valiantly; And he will bring to nought our enemies.
Psalms · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Psalm 107 (108) Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
Cross references (14)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in LXXUP.
- 1 Psalm 57:7–11; Psalms 145:21–146:2; Psalm 104:33; Psalm 71:15; Psalm 68:1
- 2 Psalm 57:7–11; Psalms 145:21–146:2; Psalm 104:33; Psalm 71:15; Psalm 68:1
- 3 Psalm 81:2; Psalm 69:30; Psalm 33:2; Psalm 57:8; Psalm 103:22
- 4 Psalm 22:22; Psalm 22:27; Psalm 117:1; Zephaniah 3:14; Zephaniah 3:20
- 5 Psalm 36:5; Psalm 103:11; Ephesians 2:4–7; Psalm 89:2; Psalm 89:5
- 6 Psalm 57:5; Matthew 6:9–10; Psalm 148:13; Psalm 72:19; 1 Chronicles 29:10–13
- 7 2 Chronicles 32:20–22; Psalm 60:5–12; Deuteronomy 33:12; Colossians 3:12; Ephesians 1:6
- 8 1 Peter 1:8; Joshua 20:7; 2 Peter 1:3–4; Psalm 16:9–11; Judges 8:5–6
- 9 Genesis 49:10; Psalm 122:5; Joshua 13:8–11; 2 Samuel 2:8; 1 Samuel 28:4
- 10 John 13:14; Ruth 4:7–8; Isaiah 14:29–32; John 13:8; Psalm 60:8–10
- 11 Isaiah 63:1–6; Obadiah 3–4; Psalm 20:6–8; Psalm 60:1; Jeremiah 49:7–16
- 12 2 Chronicles 13:12; Psalm 44:9; 2 Chronicles 20:15; 1 Samuel 29:1–11; 1 Samuel 17:36
- 13 Jeremiah 17:5–8; Psalm 146:3–5; Lamentations 4:17; Isaiah 31:3; Isaiah 2:22
- 14 Psalm 118:6–13; Psalm 60:12; Psalm 18:29–34; Isaiah 63:3; Romans 16:20
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 108.
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
This Psalm commendeth unto us the mercies of God, proved in ourselves, and is therefore the sweeter to the experienced. And it is a wonder if it can be pleasing to any one, except to him who has learned in his own case, what he hears in this Psalm.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
To this it is that the prediction pointed, "Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and Thy glory above all the earth." Such is the fullness of the Gentiles, of which the apostle saith, "Blindness in part is happened to Israel, till the fullness of the Gentiles come in."
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
His true glory, therefore, in the Catholic Church is celebrated in these words by the prophet: "Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and Thy glory above all the earth." Accordingly, that after His exaltation the Holy Spirit was to come, and to glorify Him, the sacred psalm, and the Only-begotten Himself, promised as an event of the future, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)