Psalms 108:8

Psalms 108:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
• New International Version (NIV)Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah is my scepter.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my scepter.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Gilead is Mine; Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet for My head; Judah is My lawgiver.

Context of Psalms 108:8

6Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, let Your glory be above all the earth. 7Let Your beloved ones be delivered. Save with Your right hand, answer me! God has spoken in His Sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succot. 9Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine. Also Ephraim is a helmet for My head, Judah is my scepter. 10Moab is My washbowl. I throw my shoe on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia.”

Psalms 108:8 word by word

לִ֤י גִלְעָ֨ד׀ לִ֤י מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה וְ֭אֶפְרַיִם מָע֣וֹז רֹאשִׁ֑י יְ֝הוּדָ֗ה מְחֹקְקִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568
• mine; Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashsheh · ManassehH4519
• mine; Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• the strengthמָעוֹזmâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz mâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz · securityH4581
• of mine headרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: leaderH7218
• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• my lawgiverחָקַקchâqaq · to decreeH2710

Cross-references for Psalms 108:8

• Joshua 13:8With the half-tribe, the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them beyond the Jordan eastward, just as Moses the servant of Adonai gave them;
• 2 Samuel 2:8Now Abner son of Ner, Saul’s army commander, had taken Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, and brought him over to Mahanaim.
• 2 Samuel 5:5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned 33 years over all Israel and Judah.
• Deuteronomy 33:17The firstborn ox—majesty is his. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he gores peoples, all at once, to the ends of the earth. They are the myriads of Ephraim, they are the thousands of Manasseh.’
• 1 Samuel 28:4So the Philistines mustered and came and camped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together and they camped at Gilboa.
• Psalms 122:5For there thrones for judgment are set up, the thrones of the house of David.
• Genesis 49:10The scepter will not pass from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs will come. To him will be the obedience of the peoples.

Commentaries on Psalms 108:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Gilead is mine … - This is taken from Psalm 60:7. The only change is the omission of the word and before “Manasseh.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-13This psalm combines two parts from David's other psalms (compare Psalms 57:5, 7–11; 60:5–12).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Ephraim
• Gilead
• Judah
• Manasseh
• Ephraim, Ephraimite
• Gilead, Gileadite
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Lawgiver
• Papyrus

Commentaries on Psalms 108

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings