Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
This psalm draws its materials from the fifty-seventh and sixtieth psalms, so I need not repeat what I have already expounded on those passages. The composer has taken portions from each and woven them here together.
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Commenting on Psalm 108:1-13
The strings become truly musical only when a soul enraptured by God plays upon them; mere mechanical sound cannot please the Lord. Wake up, singers and musicians: this work demands your liveliest powers, not the drawling dullness of half-sleep.
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Your heart must be fixed on God before your praise means anything; wandering thoughts must be gathered in and held close to the work. Whatever gift you excel in must be consecrated to His praise, and let it be done with warmth and life, not dull carefulness.
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Commenting on Psalm 108:1-5