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Psalms 57:8
8I will wake up now! I will pick up my harp and my lyre. I will make music as the sun rises!
Psalms 57:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
- New International Version (NIV)Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Awake, my glory! Awake, lute and harp! I will awaken the dawn.
Context of Psalms 57:8
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. 7God, I have decided to trust you always. Yes, I will trust you! I will sing songs to praise you! I 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. 10Your faithful love is great, higher than the skies. Your truth reaches beyond the clouds.
Read all of Psalms 57Psalms 57:8 word by word
ע֤וּרָה כְבוֹדִ֗י ע֭וּרָֽה הַנֵּ֥בֶל וְכִנּ֗וֹר אָעִ֥ירָה שָּֽׁחַר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 57:8
- Judges 5:12“Wake up, Deborah! Wake up and sing a song! Get up, Barak, son of Abinoam! Take your enemies away as your prisoners.”
- Isaiah 52:1Wake up, Zion! Be ready to show your strength! Jerusalem, God's holy city, Put on your beautiful clothes! Foreign people who do not serve God will not attack your city again.
- Psalms 16:9I am truly happy and I thank God. I know that my life is safe with God.
- Psalms 30:12So I am truly happy and I will sing to praise you. I cannot stay quiet! Lord, my God, I will continue to thank you for ever.
- Psalms 108:1God, I have decided to trust you always. I will sing songs to praise you, with all that I am.
- Acts 2:26Because of this, I am very happy, and I will praise you, God. I am human and one day I will die, but I know that you will help me while I live.
Commentaries on Psalms 57:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Awake up, my glory - Instead of כבודי kebodi, "my glory," one MS., and the Syriac, have כנורי kinnori, "my harp." Dr. Kennicott reads כבורי kebori, which he supposes to be some instrument of music; and adds that the instrument used in church-music by the Ethiopians is now called כבר kaber . I think the Syriac likely to be the true reading: "Awake up, my harp; awake, psaltery and harp: I will awake early." Such repetitions are frequent in the Hebrew poets…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Awake up, my glory - By the word “glory” here some understand the tongue; others understand the soul itself, as the glory of man. The “word” properly refers to that which is weighty, or important; then, anything valuable, splendid, magnificent. Here it seems to refer to all that David regarded as glorious and honorable in himself - his noblest powers of soul - all in him that “could” be employed in the praise of God. The occasion was one on which it was…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. 88. Hence--he addresses his glory, or tongue (Psa 16:9; 30:12), and his psaltery, or lute, and harp. I myself ... early--literally, "I will awaken dawn," poetically expressing his zeal and diligence.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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