Psalms 57:8
They shall utterly pass away like water running through: he shall bend his bow till they shall fail.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
In Context
7God has crushed their teeth in their mouth: God has broken the cheek-teeth of the lions.
9They shall be destroyed as melted wax: the fire has fallen and they have not seen the sun.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:28And they entered into Jerusalem with lutes and harps and trumpets, going into the house of the Lord.
Psalms 27:6Blessed be the Lord, for he has hearkened to the voice of my petition.
Psalms 43:4For they inherited not the land by their own sword, and their own arm did not deliver them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou wert well pleased in them.
Psalms 108:2for the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the crafty man have been opened against me: they have spoken against me with a crafty tongue.
Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, Sion; put on thy strength, O Sion; and do thou put on thy glory, Jerusalem the holy city: there shall no more pass through thee the uncircumcised and unclean.
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 →