Psalm 108:10

Modern

Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

Traditional

Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

Literal

Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me as far as Edom?

Latin

Quis deducet me in civitatem munitam? quis deducet me usque in Idumæam?

Hebrew

English

Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

This psalm combines two parts from David's other psalms (compare Psalms 57:5, 7–11; 60:5–12).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 63:1–6
Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
Psalm 20:6–8
Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.
Obadiah 1:3–4
The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
Jeremiah 49:7–16
Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
Psalm 60:1
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!

Edom: Descendants of Esau; enemy nation southeast of Israel