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Psalms 108:2 King James Version (KJV)

2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.


Psalms 108:2 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

2 Awake, H5782 psaltery H5035 and harp: H3658 I myself will awake H5782 early. H7837


Psalms 108:2 American Standard (ASV)

2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.


Psalms 108:2 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

2 Awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the dawn.


Psalms 108:2 Darby English Bible (DARBY)

2 Awake, lute and harp: I will wake the dawn.


Psalms 108:2 World English Bible (WEB)

2 Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.


Psalms 108:2 Bible in Basic English (BBE)

2 Give out your sounds, O corded instruments: the dawn will be awaking with my song.

Cross Reference

Judges 5:12 KJV

Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.

Psalms 33:2 KJV

Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

Psalms 57:8 KJV

Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

Psalms 69:30 KJV

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

Psalms 81:2 KJV

Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

Psalms 92:1-4 KJV

IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH: To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound. For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

Psalms 103:22 KJV

Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.

Commentary on Psalms 108 John Gill's Exposition of the Bible


Introduction

INTRODUCTION TO Psalm 108

A Song cf15I or Psalm of David. This psalm consists of several passages out of the fifty seventh and sixtieth psalms, with very little variation. Jarchi and Kimchi refer it to the times of the Messiah. The title in the Syriac version is,

"concerning the calling of the Gentiles,'

to which, no doubt, it has respect.


Verses 1-3

O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise,.... From hence to Psalm 108:6 the words are taken out of Psalm 57:7, which see.

Even with my glory; my tongue; in Psalm 57:8, it is read, "awake up my glory". See Gill on Psalm 57:7,


Verse 4-5

For thy mercy is great above the heavens,..... It is in Psalm 57:10, "thy mercy is great unto the heavens". See Gill on Psalm 57:10.


Verses 6-8

That thy beloved may be delivered,.... From hence to the end of the psalm the words are taken out of Psalm 60:5. See Gill on Psalm 60:5.


Verse 9-10

Over Philistia will I triumph,.... In Psalm 60:8, it is, "Philistia, triumph thou because of me"; See Gill on Psalm 60:8.


Verses 11-13

And wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?.... In Psalm 60:10, it is, "and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies". See Gill on Psalm 60:10.