Psalm 57:8

Verse 8. I will awake early. Literally, `I will awake the dawn.' a bold figure of poetry, as if the writer had said, -- The morning shall not awake me to praise; but in my songs I will anticipate the dawn. R. T. Society's Notes.

Verse 8. It will answer our purpose to take notice, first, of the terms David uses, and then, secondly, press the exhortation. Of the terms he uses:

Benjamin Grosvenor, D.D. (1675- 1758), in "An Exhortation to the Duty of Singing," Eastcheap Lectures, 1810.

Verse 8. The psaltery was a stringed instrument, usually with twelve strings, and played with the fingers. The harp or lyre was a stringed instrument, usually consisting of ten strings. Josephus says that it was struck or played with a key. It appears, however, that it was sometimes played with the fingers. Albert Barnes.

HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS

Verse 7-9. See Psalms on "Psalms 57:7" for further information.

Verse 8. I myself will awake early. I will sleep lightly, for I am in an enemy's country; I will ask God to arouse me; I will set the alarm of watchfulness; I will hear the cock of providential warning; the light of the Sun shall arouse me; the activities of the church, the trumpet of my foes, and the bell of duty shall combine to awaken me.