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Psalm 57:8
Wake up, my glory! Wake up, lute and harp! I will wake up the dawn.
6They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the middle of it themselves. Selah.
7My heart is steadfast, God. My heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.
8Wake up, my glory! Wake up, lute and harp! I will wake up the dawn.
9I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples. I will sing praises to you among the nations.
10For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, and your truth to the skies.
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Lute, harp, and even the dawn are summoned into song, giving praise a sense of urgency after the danger described nearby.
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Psalm 16:9Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.Psalm 16 describes a glad heart and rejoicing tongue; Psalm 57 summons the singer and instruments into praise.
Psalm 30:12to the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!Both passages turn toward audible praise: Psalm 30 rejects silence, while Psalm 57 calls for lute and harp to wake.
Judges 5:12‘Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.’Both repeat a command to wake, linking that awakening with song.
Psalm 108:1–3A Song. A Psalm by David. My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul.Both express a resolve to sing, with Psalm 108 naming music made with the soul and Psalm 57 summoning instruments.
Psalm 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.The harp appears in both passages as an instrument of praise to God.
Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion. Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city, for from now on the uncircumcised and the unclean will no …Both repeat a call to wake, though Isaiah addresses Zion and Psalm 57 addresses the singer’s glory and instruments.
Acts 2:26Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced. Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope,Both describe vocal expressions of joy: Acts names a rejoicing tongue, while Psalm 57 calls for song with instruments.
Isaiah 52:9Break out into joy! Sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem; for the LORD has comforted his people. He has redeemed Jerusalem.Both command song to begin, addressing Jerusalem’s waste places in Isaiah and lute and harp in Psalm 57.
Genesis 49:6My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung …Both address “my glory,” though Genesis urges separation from a violent assembly and Psalm 57 urges awakening for praise.
Revelation 14:2I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on …Both use the sound of harps: Psalm 57 summons a harp, and Revelation describes a heavenly sound like harpists playing.
2 Chronicles 20:28They came to Jerusalem with stringed instruments, harps, and trumpets to the LORD’s house.Harps and other stringed instruments appear in both passages in connection with honoring God.
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 concern praise directed toward God; James also addresses cursing people, a concern absent from Psalm 57:8.
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Praise has a place even in a psalm that speaks of traps and a bowed-down soul. The song rises toward God, whose loving kindness reaches to the heavens.
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