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Psalms 57:7
7My heart is confident, O God. My heart is confident. I want to sing and make music.
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
5May you be honored above the heavens, O God. Let your glory extend over the whole earth. 6⌞My enemies⌟ spread out a net to catch me. (My soul is bowed down.) They dug a pit to trap me, but then they fell into it. Selah My heart is confident, O God. My heart is confident. I want to sing and make music. 8Wake up, my soul! Wake up, harp and lyre! I want to wake up at dawn. 9I want to give thanks to you among the people, O Lord. I want to make music to praise you among the nations
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 108:1My heart is confident, O God. I want to sing and make music even with my soul.
- Psalms 112:7He is not afraid of bad news. His heart remains secure, full of confidence in the Lord.
- Psalms 34:4I went to the Lord for help. He answered me and rescued me from all my fears.
- Isaiah 24:15Honor the Lord in the east. Honor the name of the Lord God of Israel along the coastlands.
- Romans 5:3But that’s not all. We also brag when we are suffering. We know that suffering creates endurance,
- Ephesians 5:20Always thank God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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