Psalms 57:8
\57:7\My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will make songs, and give praise.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
In Context
9\57:8\You are my glory; let the instruments of music be awake; I myself will be awake with the dawn.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:28So they came to Jerusalem with corded instruments and wind-instruments into the house of the Lord.
Psalms 27:6And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord.
Psalms 43:4Then I will go up to the altar of God, to the God of my joy; I will be glad and give praise to you on an instrument of music, O God, my God.
Psalms 108:2\108:1\O God, my heart is fixed; I will make songs and melody, even with my glory.
Isaiah 52:1Awake! awake! put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful robes, O Jerusalem, the holy town: for from now there will never again come into you the unclean and those without circumcision.
Acts 2:26And for this cause my heart was glad and my tongue full of joy, and my flesh will be resting in hope:
Matthew Henry on Psalms 57:8-11
Prayer Turned to Praise. 7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. 8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. 9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations. 10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. 11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth. How strangely is the tune altered here! David's prayers and complaints, by the lively actings… Read the whole commentary →