Psalms 57:8
They shall utterly pass away like water running through: 1 He shall bend his bow till they shall fail. 1
Updated 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: 1 God has broken the cheek teeth of the lions. 1
9They shall be destroyed as melted wax: 1 The fire has fallen and they have not seen the sun. 1
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. 1
Psalms 43:4For they inherited not the land by their own sword, 1 And their own arm did not deliver them; 1 But thy right hand, and thine arm, 1 And the light of thy countenance, because thou wert well pleased in them. 1
Psalms 108:2For the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the crafty man have been opened against me: 1 They have spoken against me with a crafty tongue. 1
Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, Zion; put on thy strength, O Zion; 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 →