“ Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. ”
Awake up, my glory - By the word “glory” here some understand the tongue; others understand the soul itself, as the glory of man. The “word” properly refers to that which is weighty, or important...
LVII. Here two Pss. are united: A containing Psalms 57:1-6 , B, Psalms 57:7-11 . Psalms 57:1-6 . The Ps. is closely allied to the preceding, also a michtam Ps. (p. 373). The author flees to...
Awake. Figure of speech Poeanismos . App-6. glory. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), put for the tongue or the heart which gives the glory. will awake early . will awake the dawn.
8. Awake up, my tongue David here expresses, in poetical terms, the ardor with which his soul was inspired. He calls upon tongue, psaltery, and harp, to prepare for the celebration of the na...
DISCOURSE: 596 DAVID’S LOVE TO GOD Psalms 57:7-11 . My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake ea...
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. Awake up, my glory - Instead of כבודי kebodi, "my glory," one MS., and the Syriac, have כנורי kinnori, "my harp." Dr. Kennic...
Awake up, my glory, &c.— My tongue, Psalms 16:9 ; Psalms 30:12 . The Psalmist, in the next clause, by an elegant figure, calls upon his psaltery, or harp, as if they were endued with life,...
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. -Determination to praise God. Verse 7. My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed - literally, prepared, establish...
My glory. — See Note, Psalms 7:5 . I myself will awake early. — Perhaps, rather, I will rouse the dawn. Comp Ovid. Met. xi. 597, where the cock is said evocare Auroram; and Milton, still mo...
Psalms 57:1-11 THIS psalm resembles the preceding in the singer's circumstances of peril and in his bold faith. It has also points of contact in the cry, "Be gracious," and in the remarkable expre...
“In the Shadow of Thy Wings” Psalms 57:1-11 This is one of the choicest psalms. It dates from Adullam or Engedi. It consists of two sections, each of which ends with the same refrain, Psalms 5...
Yet again the theme is the same, but the triumph of trust is even more conspicuous. Compare the opening here with that of the previous song. The cry is the same, but the reason is different. There it...
Reader! do not fail to observe how the Psalm ends. It began in sorrow, and closeth in joy. Yes! whatever is founded in faith and prayer, must end in praise. This holds good to all the seed of Christ....
Awake up, my glory ,.... Meaning his soul, whom Jacob calls his honour, Genesis 49:6 ; it being the most honourable, glorious, and excellent part of man; is the breath of God, of his immediate prod...
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I [myself] will awake early. Ver. 8. Awake up, my glory ] He rouseth himself out of his natural drowsiness, as Samson once went forth and shook himsel...
My heart is fixed Hebrew, נכון, nachon, prepared , or, established; namely, in a full assurance of obtaining thy merciful help. It was ready to sink with fear, but now I have, through thy grace,...
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 g...
My glory; either, 1. My soul; or rather, 2. My tongue, the instrument of singing, which he was now about to do, Psalms 57:7,9 . I myself will awake early; I will rouse up and employ all th...
An Expression Of Praise And Thanksgiving For God's Intervention On His Behalf ( Psalms 57:7-11 ). Even in the midst of his trials David was able to sing and compose Psalms, for his delight was in...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the Chief Musician.” The chief musician was the director of the music in public worship. And the Psalms which were addressed to him were intended for use in the Te...
Psalms 57:1 . Be merciful unto me, O God He begins with the same note as in the last Psalm; it is a note that cannot be too often on the believer's tongue: «Be merciful unto me, O God,» Psalms...
This was anciently called the golden psalm, for it is the touchstone of illustration with regard to the cares of providence. While David was in the cave of Adullam, in the wilderness of Engedi, hid...
Be merciful unto me, O God. Spiritual experimentalism I. A blessed religious exercise. 1. Praying. “Be merciful unto me,” etc. An epitome of all true prayer. Mercy is what we need; to remove...
EXPOSITION This psalm—the "twin psalm" with the last—has also an elaborate "title," which runs thus: "To the precentor (or chief musician): destroy not; David's; Michtam; when he fled from Saul;...
The True Confidence of Faith. To the chief musician, Al-taschith, to be chanted according to the melody "Destroy not," which also referred to the critical circumstances connected with the event wh...
Acts 2:26 ; Isaiah 52:1 ; Isaiah 52:9 ; Judges 5:12 ; Psalms 108:1-3 ; Psalms 16:9 ; Psalms 30:12
My glory — My tongue, the instrument of singing. Awake — I will employ all the powers of my soul and body.