Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
Parallel translations
- WEB Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.
- KJV Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
- 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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Quick answer
David rouses his instruments and himself to wake the dawn with praise.
Overview
With poetic eagerness, David calls his harp and lyre to awake and determines to greet the morning with worship. His zeal to praise God even before daybreak shows the priority of worship in his life. This early, eager devotion reflects a heart captivated by God, the kind of glad praise that the gospel inspires in those redeemed by Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ps 81:2Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
- Ps 69:30I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.
- Ps 57:8Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
- Ps 33:2Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.
- Ps 103:22Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!
- Ps 92:1–4A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
- Judg 5:12‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’
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