Psalms 57:8

My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will Sing, and rehearse a psalm.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

In Context

7They prepared a snare for my feet; and they bowed down my soul. They dug a pit before my face, and they are fallen into it.

9Arise, O my glory, arise psaltery and harp: I will arise early.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:28And they came into Jerusalem with psalteries, and harps, and trumpets into the house of the Lord.

Psalms 27:6He hath exalted me upon a rock: and now he hath lifted up my head above my enemies. I have gone round, and have offered up in his tabernacle a sacrifice of jubilation: I will sing, and recite a psalm to the Lord.

Psalms 43:4And I will go in to the altar of God : to God who giveth joy to my youth.

Psalms 108:2My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and will give praise, with my glory.

Isaiah 52:1Arise, arise, put on thy strength, O Sion, put on the garments of thy glory, O Jerusalem, the city of the Holy One: for henceforth the uncircumcised, and unclean shall no more pass through thee.

Acts 2:26For this my heart hath been glad, and any tongue hath rejoiced: moreover my flesh also shall rest 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 →

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