Psalms 108:1
My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.
BSB
ASV
My heart is fixed, O God; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory.
KJV
O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
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Psalms 68:1God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence.
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Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the…
The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
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Psalms 71:15My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
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My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.
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Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I…
Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
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Psalms 104:33I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
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So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
And these things indeed we say according to the Jews. But according to the higher sense, it is the Lord who sings these things. "My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready." I am ready here, I am ready in the future: I save both on earth and I save in heaven; that is, I save both the angels and men.
O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise,.... From hence to Psa 108:6 the words are taken out of Psa 57:7, which see. Even with my glory; my tongue; in Psa 57:8, it is read, "awake up my glory". See Gill on Psa 57:7,
O God, my heart is fixed. 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. My heart has taken hold and abides in one resolve. Thy grace has overcome the fickleness of nature, and I am now in a resolute and determined frame of mind. I will sing and give praise. Both with voice and music will I extol thee—"I will sing and play", as some read it.
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