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         <div class="label">138</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Psalm 138</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">sn Psalm 138. The psalmist vows to thank the Lord for his deliverance and protection.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">By David.</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.138.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content"> I will give you thanks with all my heart;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.138.1"><span class="content">before the heavenly assembly</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn The referent of the Hebrew term &#1488;&#1457;&#1500;&#1465;&#1492;&#1460;&#1497;&#1501; (&#8217;elohim) is unclear. It refers either to the angelic assembly (see Gen 3:5; Ps 8:5) or to the pagan gods (see Pss 82:1, 6; 86:8; 97:7), in which case the psalmist&#8217;s praise takes on a polemical tone.</span></span></span><span class="content"> I will sing praises to you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.138.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content"> I will bow down toward your holy temple,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.138.2"><span class="content">and give thanks to your name,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.138.2"><span class="content">because of your loyal love and faithfulness,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.138.2"><span class="content">for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tc The MT reads, &#8220;for you have made great over all your name your word.&#8221; If retained, this must mean that God's mighty intervention, in fulfillment of his word of promise, surpassed anything he had done prior to this. However, the statement is odd and several emendations have been proposed. Some read, &#8220;for you have exalted over everything your name and your word,&#8221; while others suggest, &#8220;for you have exalted over all the heavens your name and your word.&#8221; The translation assumes an emendation of &#8220;your name&#8221; to &#8220;your heavens&#8221; (a construction that appears in Pss 8:3 and 144:5). The point is that God has been faithful to his promise and the reliability of that promise is apparent to all. For a fuller discussion of these options, see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 244.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.138.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content"> When</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;in the day.&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> I cried out for help, you answered me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.138.3"><span class="content">You made me bold and energized me.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;you made me bold in my soul [with] strength.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.138.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content"> Let all the kings of the earth give thanks</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn The prefixed verbal forms here and in the following verse are understood as jussives, for the psalmist appears to be calling upon the kings to praise God. Another option is to take them as imperfects and translate, &#8220;the kings of the earth will give thanks&#8230;and will sing.&#8221; In this case the psalmist anticipates a universal response to his thanksgiving song.</span></span></span><span class="content"> to you, O </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.138.4"><span class="content">when they hear the words you speak.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;the words of your mouth.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.138.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content"> Let them sing about the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s deeds,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;ways.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.138.5"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s splendor is magnificent.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;great.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.138.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content"> Though the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is exalted, he takes note of the lowly,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.138.6"><span class="content">and recognizes the proud from far away.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.138.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content"> Even when I must walk in the midst of danger,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Or &#8220;distress.&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> you revive me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.138.7"><span class="content">You oppose my angry enemies,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;against the anger of my enemies you extend your hand.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.138.7"><span class="content">and your right hand delivers me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.138.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content"> The </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> avenges me.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;avenges on my behalf.&#8221; For the meaning &#8220;to avenge&#8221; for the verb &#1490;&#1468;&#1464;&#1502;&#1463;&#1512; (gamar), see HALOT 197-98 s.v. &#1490;&#1502;&#1512;.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.138.8"><span class="content">O </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, your loyal love endures.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.138.8"><span class="content">Do not abandon those whom you have made!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;the works of your hands.&#8221; Many medieval Hebrew mss read the singular, &#8220;work of your hands.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div>
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I will give you thanks with all my heart;
before the heavenly assembly I will sing praises to you.
I will bow down toward your holy temple,
and give thanks to your name,
because of your loyal love and faithfulness,
for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky.
When I cried out for help, you answered me.
You made me bold and energized me.
Let all the kings of the earth give thanks to you, O LORD,
when they hear the words you speak.
Let them sing about the LORD’s deeds,
for the LORD’s splendor is magnificent.
Though the LORD is exalted, he takes note of the lowly,
and recognizes the proud from far away.
Even when I must walk in the midst of danger, you revive me.
You oppose my angry enemies,
and your right hand delivers me.
The LORD avenges me.
O LORD, your loyal love endures.
Do not abandon those whom you have made!

සවන් දෙන්න Psalms 138