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World English Bible

Psalm 138 (WEBP)

[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.

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

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 138 (KJVS)

[1] I will praise thee with my whole heart: Before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
[2] I 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.
[3] In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, And strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
[4] All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, When they hear the words of thy mouth.
[5] Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord: For great is the glory of the Lord.
[6] Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: But the proud he knoweth afar off.
[7] Though 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.
[8] The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: Forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 138 (BYZ)

[1] Τῷ () Δαυιδ. () Ἐξομολογήσομαί () σοι, () κύριε, () ἐν () ὅλῃ () καρδίᾳ () μου, () ὅτι () ἤκουσας () τὰ () ῥήματα () τοῦ () στόματός () μου, () καὶ () ἐναντίον () ἀγγέλων () ψαλῶ () σοι. ()
[2] Προσκυνήσω () πρὸς () ναὸν () ἅγιόν σου () καὶ () ἐξομολογήσομαι () τῷ () ὀνόματί () σου () ἐπὶ () τῷ () ἐλέει () σου () καὶ () τῇ () ἀληθείᾳ () σου, () ὅτι () ἐμεγάλυνας () ἐπὶ () πᾶν () ὄνομα () τὸ () λόγιόν () σου. ()
[3] Ἐν () ᾗ () ἂν () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐπικαλέσωμαί () σε, () ταχὺ () ἐπάκουσόν () μου· () πολυωρήσεις με () ἐν () ψυχῇ () μου () ἐν () δυνάμει. ()
[4] Ἐξομολογησάσθωσάν () σοι, () κύριε, () πάντες () οἱ () βασιλεῖς () τῆς () γῆς, () ὅτι () ἤκουσαν () πάντα () τὰ () ῥήματα () τοῦ () στόματός () σου, ()
[5] καὶ () ᾀσάτωσαν () ἐν () ταῖς () ὁδοῖς () κυρίου, () ὅτι () μεγάλη () ἡ () δόξα () κυρίου, ()
[6] ὅτι () ὑψηλὸς () κύριος () καὶ () τὰ () ταπεινὰ () ἐφορᾷ () καὶ () τὰ () ὑψηλὰ () ἀπὸ () μακρόθεν () γινώσκει. ()
[7] Ἐὰν () πορευθῶ () ἐν () μέσῳ () θλίψεως, () ζήσεις () με· () ἐπ’ () ὀργὴν () ἐχθρῶν () μου () ἐξέτεινας () χεῖρά () σου, () καὶ () ἔσωσέν () με () ἡ () δεξιά () σου. ()
[8] Κύριος () ἀνταποδώσει () ὑπὲρ () ἐμοῦ. () Κύριε, () τὸ () ἔλεός () σου () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα, () τὰ () ἔργα () τῶν () χειρῶν () σου () μὴ () παρῇς. ()

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

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.