Psalm 57:8-69:18 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 57:7-11

How strangely is the tune altered here! David's prayers and complaints, by the lively actings of faith, are here, all of a sudden, turned into praises and thanksgivings; his sackcloth is loosed, he is girded with gladness, and his hallelujahs are as fervent as his hosannas. This should make us in love with prayer, that, sooner or later, it will be swallowed up in praise. Observe, I. How he prepares himself for the duty of praise (Ps. 57:7): My heart is fixed, O God! my heart is fixed. My heart... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 57:8

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 production; is a spirit incorporeal and immortal; is possessed of glorious powers and faculties; had the image of God stamped upon it, which made man the glory of God, 1 Corinthians 11:7 ; and has the image of Christ on it in regenerated persons; and is that with which God and Christ are glorified;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 57:8

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... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 57:8

Verse 8 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 name of God. The word כבוד, cabod, which I have translated tongue, some have rendered glory; but although this is its more common signification, it bears the other in the sixteenth psalm, and in numerous places of Scripture. The context proves this to be its signification here, David intimating that he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 57:1-11

The psalm is divided by its refrain ( Psalms 57:5 , Psalms 57:11 ) into two parts, which are further subdivided by the pause mark, "Selah." The initial strophe ( Psalms 57:1-5 ) is a mixture of prayer and complaint; the concluding one ( Psalms 57:6-11 ) begins with complaint ( Psalms 57:6 ), but almost immediately changes into "a strain of exulting and triumphant confidence," so exulting and triumphant as to cause its selection by our Church for recitation on Easter Day. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 57:1-11

One of God's rescues. The Bible is full of records of deliverances, not only deliverances of nations, hut rescues of individuals. These things are "written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope" ( Romans 15:4 ). We have in this psalm the story of one of God's rescues. We see— I. RESCUE SORELY NEEDED . The enemies of the soul are represented as strong, crafty, and merciless. They are savage as "lions." They use guile and deceit,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 57:1-11

Expectation and assurance of deliverance. In many respects this psalm is very like the previous one. May be regarded under two general aspects. As expressing ― I. THE PSALMIST 'S EXPECTATION OF DELIVERANCE FROM DANGER . ( Psalms 57:1-6 .) Founded: 1 . Upon his trust in God ' s tender protection . ( Psalms 57:1 ; Deuteronomy 22:11 , Deuteronomy 22:12 .) This faith in the tender love of God "has no parallel in heathen literature." 2 . God could not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 57:6-11

The strophe of "triumphant confidence" now begins, but with an echo from the strophe of complaint. The enemy is still at work, still plotting against the psalmist, still seeking to do him a mischief; but the efforts made are in vain. They only bring the enemy himself into trouble ( Psalms 57:6 ), and cause the psalmist to pour forth a song of joy ( Psalms 57:7-11 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 57:8

Awake up, my glory ; i . e . "my soul" (comp. Psalms 16:9 ; Psalms 30:12 ). The psalmist stirs his soul to earnest, heartfelt devotion. Awake, psaltery and harp; i . e . awake, my musical instruments and my musical powers, which have slept, as it were, while I was in affliction. I myself will awake early; or, "will awaken the dawn" (comp. Ovid, 'Metaph.,' 11.597, "Vigil ales evocat auroram;" and Milton, "Cheerly rouse the slumbering morn." read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 57:8

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; then, anything valuable, splendid, magnificent. Here it seems to refer to all that David regarded as glorious and honorable in himself - his noblest powers of soul - all in him that “could” be employed in the praise of God. The occasion was one on which it was proper to call all his powers into... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 57:7-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 57:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 57:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 57:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 57:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 57:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 57:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 57:6-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 57:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 57:8

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