Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
Parallel translations
- WEB Wake up, my glory! Wake up, lute and harp! I will wake up the dawn.
- KJV Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
- NKJV Awake, my glory! Awake, lute and harp! I will awaken the dawn.
- NASB Awake, my glory! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
- NLT Wake up, my heart! Wake up, O lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn with my song.
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Quick answer
David rouses his soul and instruments to wake the dawn with praise. It expresses eager, wholehearted worship.
Overview
David calls his 'glory' (his soul) and his lute and harp to awaken, determined to greet the morning with song to God. The vivid summons conveys urgent, joyful devotion. It pictures a heart so eager to praise that it would rise before the sun to glorify God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- 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.
- 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!’
- Ps 108:1–3A song. A Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.
- Isa 52:1Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.
- Acts 2:26Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,
- Ps 150:3Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.
- Isa 52:9Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
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