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By David.

[1] I will give you thanks with my whole heart.
Before the gods,§ I will sing praises to you.
[2] I will bow down toward your holy temple,
and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth;
for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.
[3] In the day that I called, you answered me.
You encouraged me with strength in my soul.
[4] All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh,
for they have heard the words of your mouth.
[5] Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh,
for Yahweh’s glory is great!
[6] For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly;
but he knows the proud from afar.
[7] Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me.
You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies.
Your right hand will save me.
[8] Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me.
Your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever.
Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.

Footnotes

  1. § 138:1 The word elohim, used here, usually means “God” but can also mean “gods”, “princes”, or “angels”.
King James Version

A Psalm of David. H1732

[1] I will praise H3034 thee with my whole heart: H3820
Before the gods H430 will I sing praise H2167 unto thee.
[2] I will worship H7812 toward thy holy H6944 temple, H1964 and praise H3034 thy name H8034 for thy lovingkindness H2617 and for thy truth: H571
For thou hast magnified H1431 thy word H565 above all thy name. H8034
[3] In the day H3117 when I cried H7121 thou answeredst H6030 me,
And strengthenedst H7292 me with strength H5797 in my soul. H5315
[4] All H3605 the kings H4428 of the earth H776 shall praise H3034 thee, O Lord, H3068
When they hear H8085 the words H561 of thy mouth. H6310
[5] Yea, they shall sing H7891 in the ways H1870 of the Lord: H3068
For H3588 great H1419 is the glory H3519 of the Lord. H3068
[6] Though the Lord H3068 be high, H7311 yet hath he respect H7200 unto the lowly: H8217
But the proud H1364 he knoweth H3045 afar off. H4801
[7] Though I walk H3212 in the midst H7130 of trouble, H6869 thou wilt revive H2421 me:
Thou shalt stretch forth H7971 thine hand H3027 against H5921 the wrath H639 of mine enemies, H341 and thy right hand H3225 shall save H3467 me.
[8] The Lord H3068 will perfect H1584 that which concerneth me:
Thy mercy, H2617 O Lord, H3068 endureth for ever: H5769 Forsake H7503 not H408 the works H4639 of thine own hands. H3027
Septuaginta
[1] ‡Τῷ G3588 Δαυιδ. G1138 Ἐξομολογήσομαί G1843 σοι, G4671 κύριε, G2962 ἐν G1722 ὅλῃ G3650 καρδίᾳ G2588 μου, G3450 ὅτι G3754 ἤκουσας G191 τὰ G3588 ῥήματα G4487 τοῦ G3588 στόματός G4750 μου, G3450 καὶ G2532 ἐναντίον G1726 ἀγγέλων G32 ψαλῶ G5567 σοι. G4671 [2] ‡Προσκυνήσω G4352 πρὸς G4314 ναὸν G3485 ἅγιόν σου G4675 καὶ G2532 ἐξομολογήσομαι G1843 τῷ G3588 ὀνόματί G3686 σου G4675 ἐπὶ G1909 τῷ G3588 ἐλέει G1656 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 τῇ G3588 ἀληθείᾳ G225 σου, G4675 ὅτι G3754 ἐμεγάλυνας G3170 ἐπὶ G1909 πᾶν G3956 ὄνομα G3686 τὸ G3588 λόγιόν G3051 σου. G4675 [3] ‡Ἐν G1722 ᾗ G3739 ἂν G302 ἡμέρᾳ G2250 ἐπικαλέσωμαί G1941 σε, G4571 ταχὺ G5035 ἐπάκουσόν G1873 μου· G3450 πολυωρήσεις με G3165 ἐν G1722 ψυχῇ G5590 μου G3450 ἐν G1722 δυνάμει. G1411 [4] ‡Ἐξομολογησάσθωσάν G1843 σοι, G4671 κύριε, G2962 πάντες G3956 οἱ G3588 βασιλεῖς G935 τῆς G3588 γῆς, G1093 ὅτι G3754 ἤκουσαν G191 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 ῥήματα G4487 τοῦ G3588 στόματός G4750 σου, G4675 [5] ‡καὶ G2532 ᾀσάτωσαν G103 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 ὁδοῖς G3598 κυρίου, G2962 ὅτι G3754 μεγάλη G3173 ἡ G3588 δόξα G1391 κυρίου, G2962 [6] ‡ὅτι G3754 ὑψηλὸς G5308 κύριος G2962 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 ταπεινὰ G5011 ἐφορᾷ G1896 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 ὑψηλὰ G5308 ἀπὸ G575 μακρόθεν G3113 γινώσκει. G1097 [7] ‡Ἐὰν G1437 πορευθῶ G4198 ἐν G1722 μέσῳ G3319 θλίψεως, G2347 ζήσεις G2198 με· G3165 ἐπ’ G1909 ὀργὴν G3709 ἐχθρῶν G2190 μου G3450 ἐξέτεινας G1614 χεῖρά G5495 σου, G4675 καὶ G2532 ἔσωσέν G4982 με G3165 ἡ G3588 δεξιά G1188 σου. G4675 [8] ‡Κύριος G2962 ἀνταποδώσει G467 ὑπὲρ G5228 ἐμοῦ. G1699 Κύριε, G2962 τὸ G3588 ἔλεός G1656 σου G4675 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 αἰῶνα, G165 τὰ G3588 ἔργα G2041 τῶν G3588 χειρῶν G5495 σου G4675 μὴ G3361 παρῇς. G3918
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 138:1 Originally verse 137:1.
  2. ‡ 138:2 Originally verse 137:2.
  3. ‡ 138:3 Originally verse 137:3.
  4. ‡ 138:4 Originally verse 137:4.
  5. ‡ 138:5 Originally verse 137:5.
  6. ‡ 138:6 Originally verse 137:6.
  7. ‡ 138:7 Originally verse 137:7.
  8. ‡ 138:8 Originally verse 137:8.