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
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
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
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