Psalms 57:8
Awake, mine honour, awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the morning dawn.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
In Context
7Prepared is my heart, O God, Prepared is my heart, I sing and praise.
9I thank Thee among the peoples, O Lord, I praise Thee among the nations.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:28And they come in to Jerusalem with psalteries, and with harps, and with trumpets, unto the house of Jehovah.
Psalms 27:6And now, lifted up is my head, Above my enemies — my surrounders, And I sacrifice in His tent sacrifices of shouting, I sing, yea, I sing praise to Jehovah.
Psalms 43:4And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank Thee with a harp, O God, my God.
Psalms 108:2Awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the dawn.
Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion, Put on the garments of thy beauty, Jerusalem — the Holy City; For enter no more into thee again, Do the uncircumcised and unclean.
Acts 2:26because of this was my heart cheered, and my tongue was glad, and yet — my flesh also shall rest on 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 →