108:8 Gilead belongs to me,
as does Manasseh! 1
Ephraim is my helmet, 2
Judah my royal scepter. 3
1 tn Gilead was located east of the Jordan River. Half of the tribe of Manasseh lived east of the Jordan in the region of Bashan.
2 tn Heb “the protection of my head.”
3 sn Judah, like Ephraim, was the other major tribe west of the Jordan River. The Davidic king, symbolized here by the royal scepter, came from this tribe.