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Psalm 108:1

A Song. A Psalm by David. My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul.

1A Song. A Psalm by David. My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul.
2Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.
3I will give thanks to you, LORD, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples.
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“My heart is steadfast” leads straight into song, linking David’s settled resolve before God with the music he intends to make with his soul.

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Where else Scripture says this

7 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 57:7–11My heart is steadfast, God. My heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.Both passages say, “My heart is steadfast, God.” and follow that declaration with a resolve to sing.
Psalm 145:21–146:2My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.David’s resolve to sing in Psalm 108 shares Psalm 145’s commitment to voice praise to God.
Psalm 104:33I will sing to the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.Both declare a resolve to sing to God, with Psalm 104 extending that resolve across the singer’s life.
Psalm 71:15My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.Both speakers commit to honoring God aloud, through song in Psalm 108 and speech about God’s righteousness and salvation in Psalm 71.
Exodus 15:1Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and said, “I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse …David’s resolve to sing shares the words “I will sing” with Moses and Israel’s song to the LORD after his victory.
James 3:9With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.Both passages speak of using the voice to honor God; James also names the contradiction of cursing people made in God’s image.
2 Chronicles 11:16After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek the LORD, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the …A heart set toward God accompanies worship in both passages: David sings, and people from Israel’s tribes come to Jerusalem to sacrifice.
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Encouragement

The song begins with a heart addressed to God. David’s resolve reaches into his music: his soul has a part in the praise.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).