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Psalm 108:5-7
New English Translation
Psalm 108:5-7
New English Translation
5 Rise up[a] above the sky, O God.
May your splendor cover the whole earth.[b]
6 Deliver by your power[c] and answer me,
so that the ones you love may be safe.[d]
7 God has spoken in his sanctuary:[e]
“I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem;
the Valley of Sukkoth I will measure off.[f]
Footnotes
- Psalm 108:5 tn Or “be exalted.”
- Psalm 108:5 tn Heb “over all the earth [be] your splendor.” Though no verb appears, the tone of the statement is a prayer or wish. (Note the imperative form in the preceding line.)
- Psalm 108:6 tn Heb “right hand.”
- Psalm 108:6 tn Or “may be rescued.” The lines are actually reversed in the Hebrew text: “So that the ones you love may be rescued, deliver by your power and answer me.”
- Psalm 108:7 tn Heb “in his holy place.”
- Psalm 108:7 sn Shechem stands for the territory west of the Jordan River; the Valley of Sukkoth represents the region east of the Jordan.
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