Psalms 138 (WEB)

Psalm 138

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 great is Yahweh’s glory.

6 For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly;

but the proud, he knows 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.

+1:2“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.+2:2The word “Anointed” is the same as the word for “Messiah” or “Christ”+2:4The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”+2:12or, Kiss the son+3:2The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).+6:5Sheol is the place of the dead.+7:14“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.+8:5Hebrew: Elohim. The word Elohim, used here, usually means “God”, but can also mean “gods”, “princes”, or “angels”. The Septuagint reads “angels” here.+9:17Sheol is the place of the dead.+16:10Sheol is the place of the dead.+18:5Sheol is the place of the dead.+18:50or, seed+22:16So Dead Sea Scrolls. Masoretic Text reads, “Like a lion, they pin my hands and feet.”+25:13or, seed+30:3Sheol is the place of the dead.+31:17Sheol is the place of the dead.+34:1Psalm 34 is an acrostic poem, with each verse starting with a letter of the alphabet (ordered from Alef to Tav).+37:26or, seed+42:1The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).+42:8“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.+44:23The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”+45:17Alamoth is a musical term.+49:14Sheol is the place of the dead.+49:14Sheol is the place of the dead.+49:15Sheol is the place of the dead.+55:15Sheol is the place of the dead.+73:1The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).+73:20The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”+73:28“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.+86:13Sheol is the place of the dead.+87:4Rahab is a reference to Egypt.+88:3Sheol is the place of the dead.+89:4or, seed+89:29or, seed+89:36or, seed+89:48Sheol is the place of the dead.+89:52The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).+90:1The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”+90:13“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.+97:7LXX reads “angels” instead of “gods”.+102:28or, seed+104:4or, angels+105:6or, seed+106:27or, seed+107:1“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.+107:11The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).+109:21The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”+111:1Psalm 111 is an acrostic poem, with each verse after the initial “Praise Yah!” starting with a letter of the alphabet (ordered from Alef to Tav).+112:1Psalm 112 is an acrostic poem, with each verse after the initial “Praise Yah!” starting with a letter of the alphabet (ordered from Alef to Tav).+112:2or, seed+116:3Sheol is the place of the dead.+118:22Literally,head118:22of the corner+138:1The word elohim, used here, usually means “God” but can also mean “gods”, “princes”, or “angels”.