Mazmur 57:8

57:8 Awake, my soul! ¹ 

Awake, O stringed instrument and harp!

I will wake up at dawn! ² 

Mazmur 103:1-2

Psalm 103 ³ 

By David.

103:1 Praise the Lord, O my soul!

With all that is within me, praise ⁴  his holy name!

103:2 Praise the Lord, O my soul!

Do not forget all his kind deeds! ⁵ 

Mazmur 108:2

108:2 Awake, O stringed instrument and harp!

I will wake up at dawn! ⁶ 

[57:8]  ¹ tn 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 (kÿvediy, “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.”

[57:8]  ² tn 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.

[103:1]  ³ sn Psalm 103. The psalmist praises God for his mercy and willingness to forgive his people.

[103:1]  ⁴ tn The verb “praise” is understood by ellipsis in the second line (see the preceding line).

[103:2]  ⁵ tn Or “his benefits” (see 2 Chr 32:25, where the noun is also used of kind deeds performed by the Lord).

[108:2]  ⁶ tn 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.