My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.
My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make music.
Prepared is my heart, O God, Prepared is my heart, I sing and praise.
My heart is fixed, OGod, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing psalms.
Psalms — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. Be merciful unto me, O God! The repetition of the prayer proves that the grief, the anxiety, and the apprehension, with which David was filled at this time, must have been of no common description. It is noticeable, that his plea for mercy is, his having hoped in God.…