A song. A Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.
Parallel translations
- WEB A Song. A Psalm by David. My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul.
- KJV O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
- NKJV O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
- NASB My heart is steadfast, God; I will sing, I will sing praises also with my soul.
- NLT My heart is confident in you, O God; no wonder I can sing your praises with all my heart!
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Quick answer
David declares his heart is steadfast and resolves to sing praise to God with his whole soul.
Overview
This psalm, drawn from portions of Psalms 57 and 60, opens with David's settled, confident heart fixed on God. His firm resolve to sing flows from trust in the LORD's faithfulness. Such steadfast, wholehearted praise models the worship God desires, anticipating the believer whose heart is established in the unshakable grace of Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Ps 57:7–11My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make music.
- Ps 145:21My mouth will declare the praise of the LORD; let every creature bless His holy name forever and ever.
- Ps 104:33I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
- Ps 71:15My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
- Ps 71:23–24When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.
- Ps 68:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A song. God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence.
- Ps 71:8My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.
- Ps 34:1Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.
- Exod 15:1Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
- Ps 145:1–2A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.
- Ps 16:9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
- Ps 30:12that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.
- Ps 138:1Of David. I give You thanks with all my heart; before the gods I sing Your praises.
Themes, concepts, people & topics
Resources, by level
Commentaries & study tools
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.
Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.
Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.
Christ at the center
The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
How Psalms 108:1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Hebrew word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.