A Song, a Psalm of David.
My heart is fixed, O God;
I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory.
Awake, psaltery and harp:
I myself will {Or, awake the dawn}awake right early.
I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the peoples;
And I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
For thy lovingkindness is great above the heavens;
And thy truth reacheth unto the skies.
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens,
And thy glory above all the earth.
That thy beloved may be delivered,
Save with thy right hand, and answer {Another reading is, me.}us.
God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult;
I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim also is the defence of my head;
Judah is my {Or, lawgiver}sceptre.
Moab is my washpot;
{Or, Unto}Upon Edom will I cast my shoe;
Over Philistia will I shout.
Who will bring me into the fortified city?
Who {Or, will lead me &c.}hath led me unto Edom?
{Or, Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off, And goest…hosts?}Hast not thou cast us off, O God?
And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.
Give us help against the adversary;
For vain is the {Hebrew: salvation.}help of man.
Through God we shall do valiantly:
For he it is that will tread down our adversaries.
Querverweise zu Psalm 108,9 Ps 108,9
Moab is my washpot; {Or, Unto}Upon Edom will I cast my shoe:Philistia, shout thou because of me.
Who will bring me into the strong city? {Or, Who will lead me &c.}Who hath led me unto Edom?
{Or, Will not thou, O God, who hast cast us off, And goest…hosts?}Hast not thou, O God, cast us off?And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.
Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the manner of attestation in Israel.
And the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David waxed faint;
and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the {Hebrew: Raphah.}giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with {Or, new armor}a new sword, thought to have slain David.
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel.
And it came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at {In 1 Chronicles 20:4, Gezer.}Gob: then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew {In 1 Chronicles 20:4, Sippai.}Saph, who was of the sons of the {Hebrew: Raphah.}giant.
And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim the Beth-lehemite slew {In 1 Chronicles 20:5, the brother of Goliath.}Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the {Hebrew: Raphah.}giant.
And when he {Or, reproached}defied Israel, Jonathan the son of {In 1 Samuel 16:9, Shammah. In 1 Chronicles 2:13: 20:7 Shimea.}Shimei, David's brother, slew him.
These four were born to the {Hebrew: Raphah.}giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took {Or, Metheg-ammah.}the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.
So the near kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thyself. And he drew off his shoe.
Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou art melted away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and {Or, name standeth aloof at his appointed times}there is no straggler in his ranks.
What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.
And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet.