Acts 2:26; Isaiah 52:1; Isaiah 52:9; Judges 5:12; Psalms 108:1-3; Psalms 16:9; Psalms 30:12
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” prop...
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,...
Awake. Figure of speech Poeanismos . App-6. glory. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), put for the tongue or the heart which gives the glo...
8. Awake up, my tongue David here expresses, in poetical terms, the ardor with which his soul was inspired. He calls upon tongue, psaltery,...
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 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...
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 psa...
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, m...
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 co...
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 t...
“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, e...
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...
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...
Awake up, my glory ,.... Meaning his soul, whom Jacob calls his honour, Genesis 49:6 ; it being the most honourable, glorious, and excellent part o...
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 drow...
My heart is fixed Hebrew, נכון, nachon, prepared , or, established; namely, in a full assurance of obtaining thy merciful help. It was ready to...
Prayer Turned to Praise. 7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixe...
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 wi...
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 t...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the Chief Musician.” The chief musician was the director of the music in public worship. And the Psalms which wer...
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 believe...
To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtaim of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. This is one of the «Destroy not» Psalms; for that is the m...
Let me say, before we begin our reading, that the 108 th Psalm is made up partly of the 60 th and partly of the 57 th; yet we are sure that the Holy...
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...
Be merciful unto me, O God. Spiritual experimentalism I. A blessed religious exercise. 1. Praying. “Be merciful unto me,” etc. An epitome of...
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed. The heart fixed He summons his powers at once for the execution of his purpose No sooner is the re...
Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. Art and worship Art and Worship--these stand in our day like two rival spirits, contending...
EXPOSITION This psalm—the "twin psalm" with the last—has also an elaborate "title," which runs thus: "To the precentor (or chief musician): dest...
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...
Awake up, my glory, his soul, his whole being should be aroused to the proper frame of mind, to give praise; awake, psaltery and harp, or, harp and...
My glory — My tongue, the instrument of singing. Awake — I will employ all the powers of my soul and body.
8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.