Remaining Chapters
8Awake up{H8798)}, my glory; awake{H8798)}, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake{H8686)} early.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
A Song or Psalm of David. O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. …
Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-11)How strangely is the tune altered here! David’s prayers and complaints, by the lively actings of faith, are here, all of a sudden, turned into praises and thanksgivings; his sackcloth is loosed, he is girded with gladness, and his hallelujahs are as fervent as his hosannas. This should make us in love with prayer, that, sooner or later, it will be swallowed up in praise. Observe, I. How he prepare…
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