Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.
Parallel translations
- KJV Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
- BSB Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
- NKJV Awake, lute and harp! I will awaken the dawn.
- NASB Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn!
- NLT Wake up, lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn with my song.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ps 81:2Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.
- Ps 69:30I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
- Ps 57:8Wake up, my glory! Wake up, lute and harp! I will wake up the dawn.
- Ps 33:2Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.
- Ps 92:1–4A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, to sing praises to your name, Most High;
- Ps 103:22Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul!
- Judg 5:12‘Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.’
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