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Psalm 108:2

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108:2Awake, O stringed instrument and harp!

I will wake up at dawn!3

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Footnotes

  1. 3 1007 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.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Awake, O harp and lyre!

I will awake the dawn!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Awake, harp and lyre!

I will awaken the dawn.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Wake up, harp and lyre!

I will wake up the dawn.

NLTNew Living Translation

Wake up, lyre and harp!

I will wake the dawn with my song.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Awake, harp and lyre.

I will awake the dawn.

KJV 1900King James Version

Awake, psaltery and harp:

I myself will awake early.