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Psalm 138 · Book Five · David
Of David.
The Hebrew title · Berean Standard Bible
About this psalm
A psalm of thanks with a strange and enormous line in it: thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. It expects the kings of the earth to end up praising God once they have heard what he says. Its comfort is that God is high and still looks low, and its last word is a request not to be abandoned unfinished.
Read it when you are afraid God will start something in you and stop.
One verse at a time, slowly
1I will praise thee with my whole heart:before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.2I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth:for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.3In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.4All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.5Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD:for great is the glory of the LORD.6Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly:but the proud he knoweth afar off.7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me:thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.8The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me:thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever:forsake not the works of thine own hands.
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