Psa 57:7-11 | NETfull | STEP | I am determined, O God! I am determined! I will sing and praise you!

Psalms 57:7-11

7 I am determined, ^{▼▼ Or perhaps “confident”; Heb “my heart is steadfast.” The “heart” is viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s volition and/or emotions.} O God! I am determined!
I will sing and praise you!
8 Awake, my soul! ^{▼▼ Heb “glory,” but that makes little sense in the context. Some view כָּבוֹד (kavod, “glory”) here as a metonymy for man’s inner being (see BDB 459 s.v. II כָּבוֹד 5), but it is preferable to emend the form to כְּבֵדִי (k^evediy, “my liver”). Like the heart, the liver is viewed as the seat of one’s emotions. See also Pss 16:9; 30:12; 108:1, as well as H. W. Wolff, Anthropology of the Old Testament, 64, and M. Dahood, Psalms (AB), 1:90. For an Ugaritic example of the heart/liver as the source of joy, see G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 47–48: “her [Anat’s] liver swelled with laughter, her heart was filled with joy, the liver of Anat with triumph.”}
Awake, O stringed instrument and harp!
I will wake up at dawn! ^{▼▼ BDB 1007 s.v. שַׁחַר takes “dawn” as an adverbial accusative, though others understand it as a personified direct object. “Dawn” is used metaphorically for the time of deliverance and vindication the psalmist anticipates. When salvation “dawns,” the psalmist will “wake up” in praise.}
9 I will give you thanks before the nations, O Master!
I will sing praises to you before foreigners! ^{▼▼ Or “the peoples.”}
10 For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, ^{▼▼ Heb “for great upon the sky [or “heavens”] [is] your loyal love.”}
and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.
11 Rise up ^{▼▼ Or “be exalted.”} above the sky, O God!
May your splendor cover the whole earth! ^{▼▼ Heb “over all the earth [be] your splendor.” Though no verb appears, the tone of the statement is a prayer or wish. (Note the imperative form in the preceding line.)}