Psalms 138

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Psalm 138

Thanksgiving and Praise

Of David.

1 # Ps 95.3; 96.4; 111.1 I give you thanks, O Lord,#138.1 Q mss Gk: MT lacks O Lord with my whole heart;

before the gods I sing your praise;

2 # 1 Kings 8.29, 30; Ps 28.2; Isa 42.21 I bow down toward your holy temple

and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,

for you have exalted your name and your word

above everything.#138.2 Cn: Heb you have exalted your word above all your name

3 # Ps 28.7; 46.1; 118.5 On the day I called, you answered me;

you increased my strength of soul.#138.3 Syr Compare Gk Tg: Heb you made me arrogant in my soul with strength

4 # Ps 102.15 All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O Lord,

for they have heard the words of your mouth.

5They shall sing of the ways of the Lord,

for great is the glory of the Lord.

6 # Ps 113.5, 6; Prov 3.34; Isa 57.15; Jas 4.6 For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly,

but the haughty he perceives from far away.

7 # Ps 20.6; 23.3, 4; 71.20; Jer 51.25 Though I walk in the midst of trouble,

you preserve me against the wrath of my enemies;

you stretch out your hand,

and your right hand delivers me.

8 # Job 10.3, 8; 14.15; Ps 27.9; 57.2; 136.1; Phil 1.6 The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me;

your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.

Do not forsake the work of your hands.

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