Psalms 57:8
They shall be destroyed as melted wax: the fire has fallen and they have not seen the sun. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
In Context
9Before your thorns feel the white thorn, he shall swallow you up as living, as in his wrath. 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 listened to the voice of my petition. 1
Psalms 43:4You are indeed my King and my God, who command deliverances for Jacob. 1
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. 1
Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, Sion; put on your strength, O Sion; and o you put on your glory, Jerusalem the holy city: there shall no more pass through you, 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 →