Psalms 57:8
(57-9) Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
In Context
7(57-8) My heart is stedfast, O God, my heart is stedfast; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:28And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
Psalms 27:6And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me; and I will offer in His tabernacle sacrifices with trumpet-sound; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
Psalms 43:4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God, my exceeding joy; and praise Thee upon the harp, O God, my God.
Psalms 108:2(108-3) Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn.
Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the 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 →