Psalms 57:7

Prepared is my heart, O God, Prepared is my heart, I sing and praise.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.

In Context

6A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.

8Awake, mine honour, awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the morning dawn.

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Cross References

Psalms 7:16Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.

Psalms 35:7For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.

Psalms 112:7Of an evil report he is not afraid, Prepared is His heart, confident in Jehovah.

Psalms 140:6I have said to Jehovah, 'My God [art] Thou, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of my supplications.'

Isaiah 24:15Therefore in prosperity honour ye Jehovah, In isles of the sea, the name of Jehovah, God of Israel.

Ephesians 5:20giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father;

Matthew Henry on Psalms 57:2-7

Prayer in Affliction. 1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. 2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me. 3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. 4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose… Read the whole commentary →

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