A Prayer for Help against the Foe

1081 My heart is steadfast, God.
I will sing and I will make music with my soul. 2 Wake up, harp and lyre!
I will wake up the dawn. 3 I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations.
I will sing praises to you among the peoples. 4 For your loving kindness is great above the heavens.
Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. 5 Be exalted, God, above the heavens!
Let your glory be over all the earth.

6 That your beloved may be delivered,
save with your right hand, and answer us. 7 God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph,
I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth. 8 Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine.
Ephraim also is my helmet.
Judah is my scepter. 9 Moab is my wash pot.
I will toss my sandal on Edom.
I will shout over Philistia.” 10 Who will bring me into the fortified city?
Who has led me to Edom? 11 Haven’t you rejected us, God?
You don’t go forth, God, with our armies. 12 Give us help against the enemy,
for the help of man is vain. 13 Through God, we will do valiantly.
For it is he who will tread down our enemies.

A Morning Prayer of Trust in God

31 Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased!
Many are those who rise up against me. 2 Many there are who say of my soul,
“There is no help for him in God.” Selah. 3 But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me,
my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

4 I cry to Yahweh with my voice,
and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah. 5 I laid myself down and slept.
I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me. 6 I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people
who have set themselves against me on every side. 7 Arise, Yahweh!
Save me, my God!
For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone.
You have broken the teeth of the wicked. 8 Salvation belongs to Yahweh.
Your blessing be on your people. Selah.