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Psalms 57:7
7God, I have decided to trust you always. Yes, I will trust you! I will sing songs to praise you!
Psalms 57:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
- New International Version (NIV)My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody!
- New King James Version (NKJV)My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and give praise.
Context of Psalms 57:7
5God, show how great you are, high above the sky! Let everybody on the earth see your glory! 6My enemies have prepared a trap to catch me. That makes me very upset. They have dug a deep hole on the path where I walk. But they have fallen into it themselves! Selah. God, I have decided to trust you always. Yes, I will trust you! I will sing songs to praise you! 8I will wake up now! I will pick up my harp and my lyre. I will make music as the sun rises! 9My Lord, I will thank you in front of all the people. I will sing to praise you, so that all nations hear.
Read all of Psalms 57Psalms 57:7 word by word
נָ֘כ֤וֹן לִבִּ֣י אֱ֭לֹהִים נָכ֣וֹן לִבִּ֑י אָ֝שִׁ֗ירָה וַאֲזַמֵּֽרָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 57:7
- Psalms 108:1God, I have decided to trust you always. I will sing songs to praise you, with all that I am.
- Psalms 112:7They are not afraid to hear bad news. They are brave, because they trust in the Lord.
- Psalms 34:4I asked the Lord to help me, and he answered me. He saved me from everything that made me afraid.
- Isaiah 24:15So people who live in the east should praise the Lord too. People who live on the coast of the sea will also praise the name of the Lord, Israel's God.
- Romans 5:3We are happy even when we have troubles and pain. That is because we know that those troubles help us to become patient and strong.
- Ephesians 5:20And always thank God, the Father, for everything, by our Lord Jesus Christ's name.
Commentaries on Psalms 57:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7My heart is fixed - My heart is prepared to do and suffer thy will. It is fixed - it has made the firmest purpose through his strength by which I can do all things.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7My heart is fixed, O God - Margin, as in Hebrew, “prepared.” Compare the notes at Psalm 51:10. The word “suited” or “prepared” accurately expresses the sense of the Hebrew, and it is so rendered in the Septuagint, ( ̔́ hetoimē ); in the Vulgate, “paratum;” and by Luther, “bereit.” The word is used, however, in the sense of “standing erect,” Psalm 9:7; to “establish” or “strengthen,” Psalm 89:4; Psalm 10:17; and hence, to be erect; to be firm, steady…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-11Verses 7-11 By lively faith, David's prayers and complaints are at once turned into praises. His heart is fixed; it is prepared for every event, being stayed upon God. If by the grace of God we are brought into this even, composed frame of mind, we have great reason to be thankful. Nothing is done to purpose, in religion, unless it is done with the heart. The heart must be fixed for the duty, put in frame for it; fixed in the duty by close attention. Our…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8The psalmist is sure that God will stop the night of evil (compare Psalm 56:13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. I will ... praise--both with voice and instrument.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 57
- 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
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