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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Psalm 138

Chapter 138

I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.

A. M. 3485. B.C. 519. (Title.) A Psalm of David. Five MSS. omit {ledawid;} and the LXX. and Arabic prefix also the names of Haggai and Zechariah; and it is probable that it was composed to be sung at the dedication of the second temple

I will praise

9:1 86:12,13 103:1,2 111:1 1 Corinthians 14:15 Ephesians 5:19

with my whole

The versions and several MSS. add Jehovah.

before

82:1,6 119:46 Exodus 22:28 John 10:34-36 Acts 23:5 Hebrews 1:14

the gods

Or, God. Elohim.

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.

toward

5:7 28:2 99:5,9 1 Kings 8:29,30 Daniel 6:10

and praise

36:5,6 85:10 86:15 89:1,2 100:4,5 115:1 Isaiah 63:7 Micah 7:18-20 Luke 1:68-72 John 1:17 Romans 15:8,9

for thou hast

56:4,10 Isaiah 42:21 Matthew 5:18 24:35 John 10:35

In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

In the day

18:6 34:4-6 77:1,2 Isaiah 65:24

strengthenedst

27:14 29:11 63:8 Isaiah 12:2 40:29-31 41:10 Zechariah 10:12 2 Corinthians 12:8-10 Ephesians 3:16 6:10 Philippians 4:13 Colossians 1:11 1 Peter 5:10

All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.

All the kings

72:11 102:15,22 Isaiah 49:23 60:3-5,16 Revelation 11:15 21:24

when they hear

22:22,27 51:13 69:30-32 71:18

Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.

they shall

Isaiah 52:7-10 65:14 66:10-14 Jeremiah 31:11,12 Zephaniah 3:14,15 Matthew 21:5-9 Luke 19:37,38

for great

21:5 Exodus 15:11 33:18,19 Isaiah 6:1-3 Malachi 1:11 John 13:31,32 17:1 2 Corinthians 4:6 Ephesians 1:6,12 Revelation 4:11 5:12-14 7:12 19:1

Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

Though

51:17 113:5,6 1 Samuel 2:7,8 Proverbs 3:34 Isaiah 57:15 66:2 Luke 1:51-53 Luke 14:11 18:14 James 4:6 1 Peter 5:5,6

but the proud

Exodus 18:11 Job 40:11,12 Isaiah 2:11,17 Ezekiel 28:2-9 Daniel 4:37 5:20-24 Acts 12:22,23

afar off

139:2 Matthew 25:41 2 Thessalonians 1:9

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.

Though I walk

23:3,4 41:7,8 66:10-12 Job 13:15 19:25,26 Isaiah 57:16

thou wilt

71:20,21 85:6 119:49,50

thou shalt stretch

35:1-3 56:1,2,9 64:7,8 77:10 144:1,2 Isaiah 5:25 9:12,17,21 Isaiah 10:4 Micah 7:8-10

and thy right

17:7 18:35 44:3,5-7 60:5 Isaiah 41:10 Acts 2:33

The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

perfect

57:2 Isaiah 26:12 Jeremiah 32:39,40 John 15:2 Romans 5:10 8:28-30 Philippians 1:6 1 Thessalonians 5:24

thy mercy

100:5 103:17

forsake

71:6-9,17,18 Job 10:3,8 14:15 Isaiah 42:16 43:21 1 Peter 1:3-5 1 Peter 4:19 Jude 1:1