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Israel’s Kingdom Blessing

Psalms 108:2

In 11 translations

BSB
Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
KJV
Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
WEB
Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.
ASV
Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.
LSV
Awake, stringed instrument and harp, || I awake the dawn.
YLT
Awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the dawn.
DBY
Awake, lute and harp: I will wake the dawn.
DRC107:3
Arise, my glory; arise, psaltery and harp: I will arise in the morning early.
GNV
Awake viole and harpe: I will awake early.
JPS108:3
Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn.
LXXE107:3
Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake early.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC108:3
ע֭וּרָֽה הַנֵּ֥בֶל וְכִנּ֗וֹר אָעִ֥ירָה שָּֽׁחַר׃KJV:Ps.108.2
LXX-Br107:3
Ἐξεγέρθητι ψαλτήριον καὶ κιθάρα, ἐξεγερθήσομαι ὄρθρου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 69:30I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.
  • Psalms 81:2Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
  • Psalms 57:8Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
  • Psalms 33:2Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.
  • Psalms 103:22Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!
  • Psalms 92:1–4It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre. For…
  • Judges 5:12‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 108:3 in some Bibles
  • 108:2 in most Bibles

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