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In You My Soul Takes Refuge

Psalms 57:7

In 11 translations

BSB
My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make music.
KJV
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.fixed: or, prepared
WEB
My heart is steadfast, God. My heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.
ASV
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.
LSV
My heart is prepared, O God, || My heart is prepared, || I sing and praise.
YLT
Prepared is my heart, O God, Prepared is my heart, I sing and praise.
DBY
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing psalms.Elohim
DRC56:8
My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will Sing, and rehearse a psalm.
GNV
Mine heart is prepared, O God, mine heart is prepared: I will sing and giue prayse.
JPS57:8
My heart is stedfast, O God, my heart is stedfast; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.
LXXE56:8
My heart, O God, is ready, my heart is ready: I will sing, yea will sing psalms.

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Original-language editions

WLC57:8
נָ֘כ֤וֹן לִבִּ֣י אֱ֭לֹהִים נָכ֣וֹן לִבִּ֑י אָ֝שִׁ֗ירָה וַאֲזַמֵּֽרָה׃KJV:Ps.57.7
LXX-Br56:8
Ἑτοίμη ἡ καρδία μου ὁ Θεὸς, ἑτοίμη ἡ καρδία μου, ᾄσομαι καὶ ψαλῶ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 112:7He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
  • Ephesians 5:20always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Psalms 34:4I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
  • Romans 5:3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
  • Psalms 108:1–5My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being. Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing Your praises among the peoples. For…
  • Isaiah 24:15Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 57:8 in some Bibles
  • 57:7 in most Bibles

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