Psalms 57:8 - Exposition

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."