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Selected Verse: Psalms 57:7 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 57:7 |
King James |
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| I will . . . praise--both with voice and instrument. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Fixed - In a stedfast belief of thy promises. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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. |
17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.