Psalms 108:1

Psalms 108:1 says, A Song or Psalm of David.  After being identified as a psalm of David, verse one says, O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.  David said his heart was fixed on God and he would sing praises to Him, even with his own glory.  Men may have glorified David, but David gave all the glory to God. We must likewise fix our heart on God as followers of Christ and give Him the glory in everything.  Verse two adds, Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.  David said he would wake early to praise God.  Whatever time we do awake, we should awake praising God.  Verse three continues, I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.  David said he would praise God, singing praises to Him not only to the people of Israel but to all nations.  We cannot sing praises to God only when we are with others Christians, but must sing praises to Him to all people.  Verse four states states, For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.  David said he would sing praises to God because of His great mercy and truth.  We sing praises to God not because of who we are, but because of Who He is.  Verse five adds, Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;  As David said,  God is to be exalted above the heavens and the earth, because He created them all.  Verse six continues, That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.  David may have been referring to himself as God's beloved, but we know that Jesus Christ was the beloved Son of God, and that because of His sacrifice on the cross, if we accept Him by faith, we too can become one of the beloved of God.  Verse seven declares, God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.  David said that God had spoken and he would follow His guidance in ruling Israel.  We need rulers today who follow God's guidance in all that they do, and we certainly need to do so as individual Christians.  Verse eight adds, Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;  Verse nine continues, Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.  David said that all of the people of Isreal were his to rule, and he would do so under the guidance of God.  Verse ten asks, Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?  David asked Who would give him victory.  If we as Christians today find ourselves in a challenging situation, we need to ask ourselves Who we will look to for victory.  Verse eleven adds, Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?  David asked if God would not give him success and we know that if we put our faith in God today that He will give us spiritual success over all our enemies.  Verse twelve states, Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.  We like David must call on God for His help, because as David stated the help of people is vain.  We as followers of Christ should never look to anyone or anything else to deliver us from times of trouble, because He alone can give us an everlasting victory.  Verse thirteen adds, Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.  David said God alone could tread down his enemies, and this is still true today.  People may have looked to David as a powerful leader, but David gave all the praise and glory to God, and so should we in everything we do.