Psalms 57 · Verse 8

Psalms 57:8

Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

Psalms 57:8, King James Version

Psalms 57:8 in other translations

BSB	Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
WEB	Wake up, my glory! Wake up, lute and harp! I will wake up the dawn.
ASV	Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.
YLT	Awake, mine honour, awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the morning dawn.
DARBY	Awake, my glory; awake, lute and harp: I will wake the dawn.
BBE	You are my glory; let the instruments of music be awake; I myself will be awake with the dawn.
Webster	Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

What does Psalms 57:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

8. Hence--he addresses his glory, or tongue (Psa 16:9; 30:12), and his psaltery, or lute, and harp. I myself ... early--literally, "I will awaken dawn," poetically expressing his zeal and diligence.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 8 Awake up, my glory - Instead of כבודי kebodi, "my glory," one MS., and the Syriac, have כנורי kinnori, "my harp." Dr. Kennicott reads כבורי kebori, which he supposes to be some instrument of music; and adds that the instrument used in church-music by the Ethiopians is now called כבר kaber. I think the Syriac likely to be the true reading: "Awake up, my harp; awake, psaltery and harp: I will awake early." Such repetitions are frequent in the Hebrew poets. If we read my glory, it may refer either to his tongue; or, which is more likely, to his skill in composition, and in playing on differentt instruments. The five last verses of this Psalm are nearly the same with the Psa 108:1-5 of Psa 108:1-13. The reason of this may be, the notes or memoranda from the psalmist's diary were probably, through mistake, twice copied. The insertion at the beginning of the 108th Psalm seems to bear no relation to the rest of that ode. Rabbi Solomon Jarchi tells us that David had a harp at his bed's head, which played of itself when the north wind blew on it; and then David arose to give praise to God. This account has been treated as a ridiculous fable by grave Christian writers. I would however hesitate, and ask one question: Does not the account itself point out an instrument then well known, similar to the comparatively lately discovered Aeolian harp? Was not this the instrument hung at David's bed's head, which, when the night breeze (which probably blew at a certain time) began to act upon the cords, sent forth those dulcet, those heavenly sounds, for which the Aeolian harp is remarkable? "Awake, my harp, at the due time: I will not wait for thee now, I have the strongest cause for gratitude; I will awake earlier than usual to sing the praises of my God."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 57:7-11

By lively faith, David's prayers and complaints are at once turned into praises. His heart is fixed; it is prepared for every event, being stayed upon God. If by the grace of God we are brought into this even, composed frame of mind, we have great reason to be thankful. Nothing is done to purpose, in religion, unless it is done with the heart. The heart must be fixed for the duty, put in frame for it; fixed in the…

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Psalms 57:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ע֤וּרָה'U.rahawake !H5782

כְבוֹדִ֗יkhe.vo.DiO honor myH3519

ע֭וּרָֽה'U.rahawake !H5782

הַנֵּ֥בֶלha.Ne.velO lyreH5035

וְכִנּ֗וֹרve.khi.Norand harpH3658

אָעִ֥ירָה'a.'I.rahI will wakenH5782

שָּֽׁחַר\׃Sha.char[the] dawnH7837

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Cross references for Psalms 57:8

Psalms 16:9
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Psalms 30:12
To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
Judges 5:12
Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
Psalms 108:1-3
A Song or Psalm of David. O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
Isaiah 52:1
Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
Acts 2:26
Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Isaiah 52:9
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
Psalms 150:3
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Awake.
Jud 5:12; Isa 52:1,9
my glory.
16:9; 30:12; 108:1-3; Ac 2:26
I myself will awake early.Literally,"I will awaken the morning," or dawn; a highly poetical expression, which Milton and others have borrowed:-- Cheerly rouse the slumbering morn.

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Context

Psalms 57:7
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
Psalms 57:8
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
Psalms 57:9
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.

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Psalms 57:8 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Despierta, oh gloria mía; despierta, salterio y arpa: levantaréme de mañana.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Mon cœur est affermi, ô Dieu! mon cœur est affermi; je chanterai et je psalmodierai.
German Elberfelder 1871	Wache auf, meine Seele! wachet auf, Harfe und Laute! ich will aufwecken die Morgenröte.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens; intendit arcum suum donec infirmentur.