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Psalm 108:2-4
New English Translation
Psalm 108:2-4
New English Translation
2 Awake, O stringed instrument and harp.
I will wake up at dawn.[a]
3 I will give you thanks before the nations, O Lord.
I will sing praises to you before foreigners.[b]
4 For your loyal love extends beyond the sky,[c]
and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.
Footnotes
- Psalm 108:2 tn BDB 1007 s.v. 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.
- Psalm 108:3 tn Or “the peoples.”
- Psalm 108:4 tn Heb “for great upon the sky [or “heavens”] [is] your loyal love.”
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