psalm 108:1 meaning

4 For Your lovingkindness is great above the heavens, And Your truth reaches to the skies. There are other inconsiderable alterations, but the chief point of difference probably lies in the position of the verses. This Psalm is composed of Ps 108:1-5 of Ps 57:7-11; and Ps 108:6-12 of Ps 60:5-12. The parallel passage in the Prayer book version is, "with the best member I have." He wishes and endeavours to exalt him as high in his praises as he is in himself; to exalt him above the earth, above the heaven, and the clouds. "I will sing and give praise." The best work of a man's best. See Gill on Psalm 57:7. 3 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people, and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. A God of great mercy and truth is worthy of great praise and recognition of glory. The Psalms of David included Psalms 2-41 (except Psalms 33), Psalms 51-72, Psalms 108-110, and Psalms 138-145. 2 Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn! Do what David did and you shall have one victory after another. Different experiences may require it. Psalm 108 In Hebrew texts 108:1-13 is numbered 108:2-14. The setting up of King Messiah upon the holy hill of Zion is graphically described, and all Jehovah's promises are realised in the most ample measure. When all the nations become the kingdoms of Messiah, what is this Edom that is to be amongst his latest triumphs? Definition: Halal is a primary Hebrew word for praise. Itâs much more appropriate than the name, âBook of Psalmsâ (comes from the Greek language). Verse 1. A psalm of David. PSALMS LESSON 108 We will continue on in the verse by verse study of the 106th Psalm. This psalm begins with praise and concludes with prayer, and faith is at work in both. This only is observable, that the psalmist designing to take the body of this Psalm out of Psalm 60, doth industriously lay aside that mournful preface, Psalm 60:1-4, and borrows one more pleasant out of Psalm 57. In the latter part is the prayer for preservation of the church, Psalms 108:6 , with confidence to be heard and helped, whatsoever impediment appear, against all who stand out against Christ's kingdom, whether within the visible church ( Psalms 108:7-8 ), or whether without, such as are professed enemies unto it, ( Psalms 108:9-11 ), which prayer is followed forth (Ps 108:12), and comfortably closed with assurance of the Church's victory by the assistance of God, Psalms 108:13 . For what? Division. Psalms 108:1 A Song H7892 or Psalm H4210 of David.] H1732 O God, H430 my heart H3820 is fixed H3559 ; I will sing H7891 and give praise H2167 , even with my glory. --G.S. - Verse-by-Verse Commentary It means here that it was his glory - his honor - thus to be employed in giving praise to God. David's Son and David's Lord has taken to himself his great power and begun to reign, and sitting upon the throne of his glory, he sings this hymn, Ps 108:1-6. "Awake, psaltery and harp: I [myself] will awake early." This the English reader will only be able to perceive by the use of capitals in the present Psalm and not in Psalm 57:1-11. For Your mercy is great above the heavens, And Your truth reaches to the clouds. O God, my heart is fixed. We ourselves must first be stirred up to make right use of the means, before the means can be fit to stir us up: therefore saith he, I myself will awake right early. Either, 1. This psalm hath two parts: in the former is the thanksgiving of faith and promise of praise, in hope of obtaining all which the church is here to pray for, ( Psalms 108:1 - 5). "I will rejoice. Verse 1. Gilead is mine, and I give it to the children of Gad and Reuben. Thus in gracious and flattering words, the victor addresses his confederates and subjects. We cannot too often with fixed heart resolve to magnify the Lord; nor need we ever hesitate to use the same words in drawing near to God, for the Lord who cannot endure vain repetitions is equally weary of vain variations. He prays to God for mercies for the land, pleading the promises of God and putting them in suit ( v. 6-13 ). TITLE AND SUBJECT. When he says I will, he supposes that there might be some temptation to refrain, but this he puts on one side, and with fixed heart prepares himself for the joyful engagement. Meditation is a fixed duty. Rearrangement is here sanctioned by inspiration. Some expressions are so admirable that they ought to be used again: who would throw away a cup because he drank from it before? 22:16 As in one Hebrew manuscript and Greek and Syriac versions; Masoretic Text reads when you have been dishonored among the nations. My heart has taken hold and abides in one resolve. It may be that our heavenly Father would here teach us that if we are unable to find a great variety of suitable expressions in devotion, we need not in the slightest degree distress ourselves, but may either pray or praise, "using the same words.". Even with my glory; my tongue; in Psalm 57:8, it is read, "awake up my glory". --R.H. Ryland. David's Son and David's Lord has taken to himself his great power and begun to reign, and sitting upon the throne of his glory, he sings this hymn, Ps 108:1-6. O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. Moses had gone up the mountain to meet with God, and they had given up on him coming back. Even with my glory - This is not in Psalm 57:1-11. A. Psalm 108:1-5 is taken from Psalm 57:7-11. My heart, O God, is steadfast; I will sing and make music with all my soul. Note the different application of the words as they are used in Psalms 57:1-11 and Psalms 60:1-12 , and as they are employed in Psalms 108:1-13 . PSALM 108 A Song, a Psalm of David. I will praise You, O Lord, among the peoples, And I will sing praises to You among the nations. Though I have many wars to disturb me, and many cares to toss me to and fro, yet I am settled in one mind and cannot be driven from it. A man's "glory" is his soul-the powers and faculties which belong to him as a rational and spiritual being. My heart has taken hold and abides in one resolve. It is my glory to be able to speak and not to be a dumb animal, therefore my voice shall show forth thy praise; it is my glory to know God and not to be a heathen, and therefore my instructed intellect shall adore thee; it is my glory to be a saint and no more a rebel, therefore the grace I have received shall bless thee; it is my glory to be immortal and not a mere brute which perisheth, therefore my inmost life shall celebrate thy majesty. David's Son and David's Lord has taken to himself his great power and begun to reign, and sitting upon the throne of his glory, he sings this hymn, Ps 108:1-6. David was no doubt a very skillful musician, the Bible mentions that he played the lyre for King Saul (1 Samuel 16:23), and the prophet Amos mentions that David invented instruments of music for worship of the Lord (Amos 6:5). I will sing and give praise - See the notes at Psalm 57:7. --The Quiver. Though I have many wars to disturb me, and many cares to toss me to and fro, yet I am settled in one mind and cannot be driven from it. O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. Its altogether triumphant tone may intimate that it was prepared by David, omitting the plaintive portions of the other Psalms, as commemorative of God's favor in the victories of His people. The greatness of the attributes mercy and truth we have in Psalms 108:4 , Thy truth reaches unto the clouds; and there is an answerable greatness in his praises of God for them, Psalms 108:5 : Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth. 57:7â11God, my heart is steadfast;I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.#Ps. Sometimes the heart is most fixed at the commencement of a spiritual exercise: sometimes at its close. One passage only seems to bear upon it, Isaiah 63:1 , and from this we learn that it is from Edom as the last scene of his vengeance, the conquering Messiah will come forth, "clothed with a vesture dipped in blood." David will start to sing before the dawn (verse 2). Or rather, 2. Psalms 108:1. In Psalm 57:1-11 these notes of praise follow prayer and grow out of it; but in this case the Psalmist begins at once to sing and give praise, and afterwards prays to God in a remarkably confident manner, so that he seems rather to seize the blessing than to entreat for it. For impression. I will awaken the dawn. 21:10 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. ×Ö¸×©×Ö´Ö¥××¨Ö¸×. Parts of two former psalms are here united in one. The passage served as a fine close for one psalm, and it makes an equally noteworthy opening for another. So should a Christian be able, amidst changing scenes and changing fortunes, to say, "O God, my heart is fixed, my heart is fixed." Bowes, in "Illustrative Gatherings", 1862. Then, secondly, it signifies fixed. But with the glory of the Redeemer is associated also the restoration, to favour and happiness, of Israel, his long cast off, but not forgotten people. 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth; These five verses are found in Psalm 57:7-11 almost verbatim: the only important alteration being the use of the great name of Jehovah in Psalm 108:3 instead of Adonai in Psalm 57:9. Thy grace has overcome the fickleness of nature, and I am now in a resolute and determined frame of mind. Article Images Copyright © 2020 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. It is at least ours to endeavour to do so, and we may expect divine assistance therein. -Psalm 150:1. Of what? A Psalm of David. Man's thoughts naturally labour with a great inconsistency; but meditation chains them, and fastens them upon some spiritual object. Verses 1-5 are almost identical to Psalm 57:7-11. Psalm 108:2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. My heart is confident, God; I will sing; I will sing praises with the whole of my being. ... Psalm 108:1 IT'S a proud moment when you know where you stand, when you know what you believe, when you know a little of what life is about. Sometimes we must climb to praise by the ladder of prayer, and at other times we must bless God for the past in order to be able in faith to plead for the present and the future. To use the same words continually and never utter a new song would show great slothfulness, and would lead to dead formalism, but we need not regard novelty of language as at all essential to devotion, nor strain after it as an urgent necessity. 21:13 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. The Book of Psalms has more than half of the occurrences of halal in its different forms. In the former they were prophetic of prosperity yet to come, and consolatory in the expectation of approaching troubles. In the latter, they are eucharistic for mercies already received, and descriptive of the glorious things which God has prepared for his Son and for Israel his people. Moab I will use as a vessel to wash my feet in. Study Psalm 108 using Matthew Henryâs Bible Commentary (concise) to better understand Scripture with full outline and verse meaning. It is not a cursory work. This Edom is therefore named with anxiety, because after its overthrow, Messiah will shine out "King of kings, and Lord of lords", Revelation 19:13-16 . This is copied without change (from Psalm â¦ Make Psalm 108 our theme prayer until we make it a habit. Verse 1. Verse 1-2. A psalm of David. I will sing and play music for you with all that I am. Awake, harp and lyre! In Psalm 57:1-11 these words are a song in the cave of Adullam, and are the result of faith which is beginning its battles amid domestic enemies of the most malicious kind: but here they express the continued resolve and praise of a man who has already weathered many a campaign, has overcome all home conflicts, and is looking forward to conquests far and wide. We first fit, prepare a thing, sharpen it, before we drive it into the ground, and then drive it in and fix it. 1 A Song, a Psalm of David. "O God, my heart is fixed." As an old Prussian officer was wont in prayer to invoke the aid of "his Majesty's August Ally", so does David appeal to his God and set up his banner in Jehovah's name. (A Song or Psalm of David.) I will sing and give praise. Judah is my king." Our God, I am faithful to you with all my heart, and you can trust me. As a man first tunes his instrument, and then playeth on it so should the holy servant of God first labour to bring his spirit, heart, and affections into a solid and settled frame for worship, and then go to work; My heart is fixed, or prepared firmly, I will sing and give praise. Psalm 108:1 "O God, my heart is fixed." Whole Psalm. We cannot find it in our heart to dismiss this psalm by merely referring the reader first to Psalms 57:7-11 and then to Psalms 60:5-12 , though it will be at once seen that those two portions of Scripture are almost identical with the verses before us. 2Awake, harp and lyre! As we know a garden which is watered with sudden showers is more uncertain in its fruit than when it is refreshed with a constant stream; so when our thoughts are sometimes on good things, and then run off; when they only take a glance of a holy object, and then flit away, there is not so much fruit brought into the soul. 4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. I will divide and portion out Shechem and the valley of Succoth. In Psalms 57:7-11 these words are a song in the cave of Adullam, and are the result of faith which is beginning its battles amid domestic enemies of the most malicious kind; but here they express the continued resolve and praise of a man who has already weathered many a campaign, has overcome all home conflicts, and is looking forward to conquests far and wide. Of Psalmsâ ( comes from the Greek language ) great inconsistency ; but chains! 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