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Psalms 57:7

Psalms 57:7
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

My heart is fixed, O God,.... Firm and sure, trusting in the Lord, believing that he should be saved by him out of his troubles; see Psa 101:1. So, in a spiritual sense, a heart fixed and established,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 57:7-11

How strangely is the tune altered here! David's prayers and complaints, by the lively actings of faith, are here, all of a sudden, turned into praises and thanksgivings; his sackcloth is loosed, he is…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

My heart is fixed Stedfastly resolved. Cp. Psa 51:10; Psa 112:7; Col 1:13 (ἐδραῖος is the word used by Symmaohus here). The P.B.V. has changed Coverdale's readyinto fixedhere, but retained it in Psa…

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