Ps. 57.9 (among the outside)

I would thankfully / praise you / among the peoples / O my Lord
I would / chant your praise / among the nations. 

We should notice the progression: “I am ready to sing and chant praise…” (vs. 7); “With lute and harp I am ready to wake up Dawn…” (vs. 8); “I would thankfully praise you among the peoples…I would chant your praise among the nations.” In verse 7 we see the introduction of the act of liturgy (sing and chant). In verse 8, that liturgical praise is aimed at waking up Dawn, which is a world-wide phenomenon of the rising sun. Here, in verse 9, both themes are brought together as the liturgy of verse 7 is recalled (…praise you…chant your praise) along with the world-wide implication of verse 8 (…among the peoples…among the nations). This expansive move toward all peoples is not entirely unprecedented in the psalm. We saw in verse 5 how the psalmist petitioned God to “rise up over the heavens, over all the earth be your glory”. Here, that spreading glory ‘over all the earth’ is now embodied in a thankfulness in the midst of all humanity. The liturgy of the (if we have been correct) king is aligned with the spreading glory of God. If we are to hear in this the voice of the king, it is almost a type of liturgical empire with him standing at its center. Furthermore, there is here an important contrast to the psalmist’s earlier dilemma. In verse 4 he complained “among lions I must lie down, among man-eaters…”. Here, with the rising Dawn of God’s judgment, he stands praising and chanting praise to God “among the peoples…among the nations.” Through God’s deliverance, his lament has turned into liturgy. And, perhaps more importantly, the night-time is when the righteous are gathered with the wicked (the weeds and the wheat). There is ‘confusion’ is the sense that there are gathered together that which should be separated. Within that confusion there also emerges the internal dialogue of despondency (O my soul…; vs. 4). With the rising Dawn (of God’s deliverance), however, all of this is reversed. Separation occurs and unity is achieved (no longer is the righteous ‘among the lions’). And, instead of the despondent monologue there is liturgical praise; instead of individual self-concern there is communal (indeed, world-wide) and public displays of unity—redemption is away from the individual self-concern and toward the public uniting with the world-wide peoples and nations.