Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction:

(verses 1-5) and (verses 6-13) are spoken in variation in this Psalm

We fix our hearts upon God

VERSE 1

Praise with song - I will sing

Praise is an offering - give

Praise with excellence - with my glory

Praise with musical instruments - lute and harp

Praise before the day begins - awaken the dawn

I myself will awake early.

I will call up the dawn.

The best and brightest hours of the day shall find me heartily aroused to bless my God.

Some singers had need to awake, for they sing in drawling tones, as if they were half asleep; the tune drags wearily along, there is no feeling or sentiment in the singing, but the listener hears only a dull mechanical sound, as if the choir ground out the notes from a worn out barrel organ.

Oh, choristers, wake up, for this is not a work for dreamers, but such as requires your best powers in their liveliest condition.

In all worship this should be the personal resolve of each worshipper: "I myself will awake."

Charles Spurgeon

Praise shared with others - verse 3

Sing about the Lord wherever you travel

Praise for His mercy and truth - verse 4

Praise that exalts God and His glory - verse 5

Opposite of heart fixed

Opposite of heart fixed

Psalm 108:36-37

We ask for God to be honored in meeting our need

VERSE 2

He desires God to be exalted above all - verse 5

He requests to be rescued based upon His relationship with God - verse 6

Praise with musical instruments before the dawn

We rejoice in God’s word

VERSE 3

God has spoken

None shall stand against Him

We move forward to victory

The strong cities have no defense against our God

Only our lack of faith can defeat us

Man is no help

God will give us the courage to go forth with Him