Bible Strands
Psalms 108:10
Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God during a military campaign, following declarations of divine victory over neighboring nations and preceding a plea for God’s renewed presence with the armies.
The words — עִיר מִבְצָר ('ir miv.Tzar) = fortified city, denoting a defensible stronghold that requires divine guidance to enter.
The thread — The motif of God’s guidance to hostile territories appears in Isaiah 63:1, where the Lord marches from Edom, while the psalmist’s plea for divine military presence parallels the prayer in Psalms 20:6.
Why it lands — The text asks who will guide the speaker to conquered or resistant cities like Edom. It requires the reader to acknowledge that military success and spiritual direction depend on God’s presence rather than human strategy.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
Cross-references
- Isaiah 63:1 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.”
- Psalms 20:6 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 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?’
- Psalms 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!
- Jeremiah 49:7 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?