Psalms · Chapter 108
O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
Adam Clarke
Verse 3. Among the people] The Jews.
Among the nations.] The Gentiles. Wherever this Psalm is sung or read, either among Jews or Gentiles, David may be said to sing praise to God.
Daniel Whedon
3. Lord—Jehovah; in Psalm 57:9, ynda, (Adonah,) Lord.
For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
Daniel Whedon
5. Above the heavens—For unto the heavens. Psalm 57:10.
That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Adam Clarke
Verse 7. God hath spoken in his holiness] wvdqb bekodsho; some think this means in his Holy One, referring to the Prophet Jeremiah, who predicted the captivity, its duration of seventy years, and the deliverance from it.
Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
Daniel Whedon
9. Over Philistia will I triumph—The declarative, here, instead of the imperative, as Psalm 60:8. Here the psalmist confidently predicts that he will shout as a victor over Philistia; there, he calls upon Philistia to break out in the cry of a captive. See note there.
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
Adam Clarke
Verse 10. The strong city] The possession of the metropolis is a sure proof of the subjugation of the country.
Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
Adam Clarke
Verse 13. Through God we shall do valiantly] From him we derive our courage, from him our strength, and by him our success. [For the ANALYSIS, see the Psalms from which this one is composed.] PSALMS
John Wesley
V. 1. Glory-With my tongue.
Adam Clarke
Verse 1. Even with my glory.] My greatest glory shall be in publishing thy praise. Some make the glory here to mean the LORD himself; some, the ARK of the covenant; some, the SOUL of the psalmist; others, his TONGUE; some, the GIFT OF PROPHECY; and some, the psalmist’s SPIRIT or VEIN of poetry. See Clarke’s notes on “Psalm 57:8”.
Daniel Whedon
1. Even with my glory—Or, Yea, my glory; that is, in my proper rank and renown as king and conqueror. David rouses all his powers of person and office to the delightful duty of praise. In Psalm 57:8, it is joined to the imperative, “Awake up, my glory.” In Genesis 49:6, “glory,” or honour, is used as a synonyme of soul, but generally of rank, honour, as Psalm 4:2; 7:5.