Psalm 108:2
New International Version
Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

New Living Translation
Wake up, lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn with my song.

English Standard Version
Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!

Berean Standard Bible
Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

King James Bible
Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

New King James Version
Awake, lute and harp! I will awaken the dawn.

New American Standard Bible
Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn!

NASB 1995
Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn!

NASB 1977
Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn!

Legacy Standard Bible
Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn!

Amplified Bible
Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn!

Christian Standard Bible
Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.

American Standard Version
Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Awake, my harp, awake, psaltery and harp, and I shall awake in the morning.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake early.

Contemporary English Version
I will start playing my harps before the sun rises.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Arise, my glory; arise, psaltery and harp: I will arise in the morning early.

English Revised Version
Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Wake up, harp and lyre! I want to wake up at dawn.

Good News Translation
Wake up, my harp and lyre! I will wake up the sun.

International Standard Version
Awake, harp and lyre! I will wake up at dawn.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn.

Literal Standard Version
Awake, stringed instrument and harp, | I awake the dawn.

Majority Standard Bible
Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

New American Bible
Awake, lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn.

NET Bible
Awake, O stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up at dawn!

New Revised Standard Version
Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn.

New Heart English Bible
Wake up, harp and lyre. I will wake up the dawn.

Webster's Bible Translation
Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

World English Bible
Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.

Young's Literal Translation
Awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the dawn.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Israel's Kingdom Blessing
1A song. A Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being. 2Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. 3I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing Your praises among the peoples.…

Cross References
Psalm 81:2
Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.

Psalm 108:1
My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.

Psalm 108:3
I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing Your praises among the peoples.

Psalm 119:147
I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.


Treasury of Scripture

Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

awake

Psalm 33:2
Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

Psalm 69:30
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

Psalm 81:2
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

I myself

Psalm 57:8
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

Psalm 103:22
Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.

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Psalm 108
1. David encourages himself to praise God
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Verse 2. - Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. Psalm 57. has, "Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp," which is intelligible and forcible.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Awake,
ע֭וּרָֽה (‘ū·rāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5782: To rouse oneself, awake

O harp
הַנֵּ֥בֶל (han·nê·ḇel)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5035: A skin-bag for, liquids, a vase, a lyre

and lyre!
וְכִנּ֗וֹר (wə·ḵin·nō·wr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3658: A harp

I will awaken
אָעִ֥ירָה (’ā·‘î·rāh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 5782: To rouse oneself, awake

the dawn.
שָּֽׁחַר׃ (šā·ḥar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7837: Dawn


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