Psalms 57:8
Awake my tongue, awake viole and harpe: I wil awake early.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
In Context
7Mine heart is prepared, O God, mine heart is prepared: I will sing and giue prayse.
9I will prayse thee, O Lord, among the people, and I wil sing vnto thee among the nations.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:28And they came to Ierusalem with viols and with harpes, and with trumpets, euen vnto the house of the Lord.
Psalms 27:6And nowe shall hee lift vp mine head aboue mine enemies rounde about mee: therefore wil I offer in his Tabernacle sacrifices of ioy: I wil sing and praise the Lord.
Psalms 43:4Then wil I go vnto the altar of God, euen vnto the God of my ioy and gladnes: and vpon the harpe wil I giue thanks vnto thee, O God, my God.
Psalms 108:2Awake viole and harpe: I will awake early.
Isaiah 52:1Aries, arise: put on thy strength, O Zion: put on thy garments of thy beautie, O Ierusalem, the holy citie: for hencefoorth there shall no more come into thee the vncircumcised and the vncleane.
Acts 2:26Therefore did mine heart reioyce, and my tongue was glad, and moreouer also my flesh 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 →