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Awake,עוּרָהmy glory;כְבוֹדִיawake,עוּרָהharpהַנֵּבֶלand lyre;וְכִנּוֹרI will awakenאָעִירָהthe dawn.שָּׁחַר
Psalms 57:8
Study it in the app“Awake, my glory; awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 57:8, word by word
- Awakeעוּרָura
awake
To rouse from sleep or inactivity; in prayer, to ask God to act.
Where else “ura” appears- my gloryכְבוֹדִchevodi
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “chevodi” appears- harpנֵּבֶלnevel
harp
A stringed instrument played to accompany singing and praise.
Where else “nevel” appears- and lyreכִנּוֹרchinor
lyre
Lyre: a small stringed instrument.
Where else “chinor” appears- the dawnשָּׁחַרshachar
dawn
Dawn, daybreak.
Where else “shachar” appears
Translation note
“My glory”: it can be understood as a way of referring to what is noblest in oneself, one’s own being. “I will awaken the dawn”: it can be understood that he will rise to sing before daybreak.
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Psalm 108 and Psalm 57
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Psalms 57:7-11
7Firm is my heart, Elohim, firm is my heart; I will sing and sing psalms. 8Awake, my glory; awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn. 9I will give you thanks among the peoples, Adonai; I will sing psalms to you among the nations. 10For great to the heavens is your loyal love, and to the clouds your truth. 11Be exalted above the heavens, Elohim; over all the earth be your glory.
1A song. A psalm of David. Firm is my heart, Elohim; I will sing and sing psalms, even my glory. 2Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn. 3I will give you thanks among the peoples, YHWH; I will sing psalms to you among the nations. 4For great above the heavens is your loyal love, and to the clouds your truth. 5Be exalted above the heavens, Elohim; and over all the earth be your glory.
The context
7Firm is my heart, Elohim, firm is my heart; I will sing and sing psalms.
8 · This verse (above)
9I will give you thanks among the peoples, Adonai; I will sing psalms to you among the nations.