A Song. A Psalm by David. My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul.
Parallel translations
- KJV O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
- BSB A song. A Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.
- 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!
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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, God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.
- Ps 145:21My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
- Ps 104:33I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
- Ps 71:15My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.
- Ps 71:23–24My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!
- Ps 68:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song. Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.
- Ps 71:8My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all day long.
- Ps 34:1By David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.
- Exod 15:1Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, “I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
- Ps 145:1–2A praise psalm by David. I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.
- Ps 16:9Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.
- Ps 30:12To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
- Ps 138:1By David. I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.
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