Psalm 108

Abraham Coles

3 I'll wake the dawn; I'll celebrate
Thy praise among the nations, for
4 Thy Mercy and Thy Truth are great,
High o'er the heavens for evermore.

5 Be Thou exalted, God Most High!
Above all praise, all thought above,
Above the earth, above the sky,
High seated on Thy throne of love!

6 That Thy beloved ones
May be delivered, save
With Thy right hand, and o'er us let
Victorious ensigns wave!

7 God in His holiness
Hath spoken — I, therefore,
Will triumph in the confidence
He will the lost restore:

Then the reconquered Land
I will again divide —
Succoth and Schechem — and his part
Mete out to every tribe.

8 Mine's Gilead; and mine's
Manasseh's either half;
My head's defence is Ephraim;
Judah's my royal staff;

9 Moab my wash-pot is,
Wherein I'll wash my feet;
O'er Edom I'll extend my sway,
Philistia I'll unseat.

10 Who will me bring into
Edom's fenced capital?
Surmount its muniment of rocks,
Impregnable high wall?

11 Thou who hast cast us off,
Wilt Thou not lead our van?
12 O give us help from trouble, for
Vain is the help of man:

13 Go forth Thou with our hosts,
And marshal and dispose!
We shall through God do valiantly,
For He'll tread down our foes.