Psalms 57:8. Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
"I will awake the dawn," - so the Hebrew has it; - "I will wake up the morning and chide it for being so long in opening its eyes to look upon God’s works. David did this, notwithstanding all the trials of his surrounding circumstances. He calls on his "glory" - perhaps he means his tongue, - possibly, his poetic faculty, - perchance, his musical skill, - it may be that he means his intellect, - whatever his "glory" is, he calls upon his highest powers to awake to praise his God. Then he takes his psaltery and harp, - strange companions for a man whose soul is among lions but saints know how to evoke sweetest music even when their enemies are fighting fiercely against them; - and he sings, -
Psalms 57:8. Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
"I will awake the dawn," - so the Hebrew has it; - "I will wake up the morning and chide it for being so long in opening its eyes to look upon God’s works. David did this, notwithstanding all the trials of his surrounding circumstances. He calls on his "glory" - perhaps he means his tongue, - possibly, his poetic faculty, - perchance, his musical skill, - it may be that he means his intellect, - whatever his "glory" is, he calls upon his highest powers to awake to praise his God. Then he takes his psaltery and harp, - strange companions for a man whose soul is among lions but saints know how to evoke sweetest music even when their enemies are fighting fiercely against them; - and he sings, -