Psalms 57:7
in Psalms 57My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make music.
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ASV
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.
KJV
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
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This verse in Psalms 57
Commentary
10 notes on this verseMy heart is fixed, O God,.... Firm and sure, trusting in the Lord, believing that he should be saved by him out of his troubles; see Psa 101:1. So, in a spiritual sense, a heart fixed and established, or that is firm and sure, is one that is assured of its salvation by Christ, rooted and grounded in the love of God, firmly built on the foundation, Christ, and has its affections set on him; and is unmoved, from the hope of the Gospel, and the doctrines of it, by whatsoever it meets with in the world.
This site's exposition
They spread a net for my feet
on Psalms 57:6-8
They spread a net and dug a pit, and verse 6 says they fell into it themselves. Psalm 9:15 gives the same net and the same pit, and Psalm 7:15 the digger falling in. A steadfast heart wakes the harp and the lyre.
This site's exposition
My heart is steadfast, O God
Steadfast means fixed and ready, and it is said twice. Charles Spurgeon expected the man in the cave to say his heart was fluttered, and heard him say it was fixed. John Gill read the fixed heart as one settled in trust for its salvation.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
Our Lord Jesus Christ gave great assurance to his witnesses, that is, to the martyrs who, on account of their human weakness, were worried that perhaps they would perish after death if they died while confessing him. He did this by telling them, "Not a …
...Let your Love see the Lord speaking to us, and exhorting us by His example: "A trap they have prepared for My feet, and have bowed down My Soul" [Psalm 57:7]. They wished to bring It down as if from Heaven, and to the lower places to weigh It down: "They have bowed My Soul: they have digged before My face a pit and themselves have fallen into it." Me have they hurt, or themselves? Behold He hath been exalted above the Heavens, God, and behold above all the earth the Glory of the Same: the kingdom of Christ we see, where is the kingdom of the Jews? Since therefore they did that which to have done they ought not, there hath been done in their case that which to have suffered they ought: themselves have dug a ditch, and themselves have fallen into it. For their persecuting Christ, to Christ did no hurt, but to themselves did hurt. And do not suppose, brethren, that themselves alone hath this befallen. Every one that prepareth a pit for his brother, it must needs be that himself fall into it. ...
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
8 ), even Christ, the best of blessings. When David was in the cave, in imminent peril, he here tells us what were the workings of his heart towards God; and happy are those that have such good thoughts as these in their minds when they are in danger! He supports himself with faith and hope in God, and prayer to him,
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
My heart is fixed. One would have thought he would have said, "My heart is fluttered; "but no, he is calm, firm, happy, resolute, established. When the central axle is secure, the whole wheel is right. If our great bower anchor holds, the ship cannot drive. O God, my heart is fixed. I am resolved to trust thee, to serve thee, and to praise thee. Twice does he declare this to the glory of God who thus comforts the souls of his servants.
My heart is fixed. One would have thought he would have said, "My heart is fluttered; "but no, he is calm, firm, happy, resolute, established. When the central axle is secure, the whole wheel is right. If our great bower anchor holds, the ship cannot drive. O God, my heart is fixed. I am resolved to trust thee, to serve thee, and to praise thee. Twice does he declare this to the glory of God who thus comforts the souls of his servants. Reader, it is surely well with thee, if thy once roving heart is now firmly fixed upon God and the proclamation of his glory. I will sing and give praise. Vocally and instrumentally will I celebrate thy worship. With lip and with heart will I ascribe honour to thee. Satan shall not stop me, nor Saul, nor the Philistines, I will make Adullam ring with music, and all the caverns thereof echo with joyous song. Believer, make a firm decree that your soul in all seasons shall magnify the Lord.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
My heart is fixed - My heart is prepared to do and suffer thy will. It is fixed - it has made the firmest purpose through his strength by which I can do all things.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
My heart is fixed, O God - Margin, as in Hebrew, “prepared.” Compare the notes at Psa 51:10. The word “suited” or “prepared” accurately expresses the sense of the Hebrew, and it is so rendered in the Septuagint, (ἑτοίμη hetoimē); in the Vulgate, “paratum;” and by Luther, “bereit.” The word is used, however, in the sense of “standing erect,” Psa 9:7; to “establish” or “strengthen,” Psa 89:4; Psa 10:17; and hence, to be erect; to be firm, steady, constant, fixed. This seems to be the meaning here, as it is expressed in our common version. His heart was firm and decided. He did not waver in his purpose, or lean now to one side and then to the other; he was not “swayed” or “moved” by the events that had occurred. He felt conscious of standing firm in the midst of all his troubles. He confided in God. He did not doubt his justice, his goodness, his mercy; and, even in his trials, he was ready to praise him, and was “resolved” to praise him. The repetition of the word “fixed” gives emphasis and intensity to the expression, and is designed to show in the strongest manner that his heart, his purpose, his confidence in God, did not waver in the slightest degree. I will sing and give praise - My heart shall confide in thee; my lips shall utter the language of praise. In all his troubles God was his refuge; in all, he found occasion for praise. So it should be the fixed and settled purpose of our hearts that we will at all times confide in God, and that in every situation in life we will render him praise.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נָ֘כ֤וֹן | nakhon | [is] steadfast | H3559 → | 217 times |
| לִבִּ֣י | libi | heart my | H3820 → | 595 times |
| אֱ֭לֹהִים | ʾelohim | O God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| נָכ֣וֹן | nakhon | [is] steadfast | H3559 → | 217 times |
| לִבִּ֑י | libi | heart my | H3820 → | 595 times |
| אָ֝שִׁ֗ירָה | ʾashirah | I will sing | H7891 → | 86 times |
| וַאֲזַמֵּֽרָה׃ | vaazamerah | and I will sing praises | H2167 → | 45 times |
נָ֘כ֤וֹן[is] steadfast
nakhonH3559 →217 times
לִבִּ֣יheart my
libiH3820 →595 times
אֱ֭לֹהִיםO God
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
נָכ֣וֹן[is] steadfast
nakhonH3559 →217 times
לִבִּ֑יheart my
libiH3820 →595 times
אָ֝שִׁ֗ירָהI will sing
ʾashirahH7891 →86 times
וַאֲזַמֵּֽרָה׃and I will sing praises
vaazamerahH2167 →45 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 34:4I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
it leads to
- Psalms 18:6
In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
- Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- Psalms 116:1–6
I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice— my appeal for mercy.
- Psalms 56:3
When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
- 2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
- Psalms 18:6
Through
Romans 5:3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
it leads to
- James 1:2–3
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
- James 1:12
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
- 1 Peter 3:14
But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
- James 1:2–3
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 57; Caesarius of Arles, SERMON 226:1; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 3; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.