Psalms 138

Wholehearted Praise and Steadfast Trust

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Overview

In Psalm 138, David offers wholehearted thanksgiving for God's faithfulness in answering his prayer, widens his praise into a vision of all earthly kings one day glorifying the Lord who turns his gaze toward the lowly, and closes with a bold confession that God will sustain him through tribulation and complete his purpose.

Passages

1–3With My Whole Heart: The Anatomy of True Thanksgiving 4–6The King Who Stoops: Universal Praise and God's Care for the Lowly 7–8Though I Walk Through Trouble: Confidence in God's Sustaining Faithfulness

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Psalms 138

¹By David. I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.

²I 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.

³In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.

⁴All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh, for they have heard the words of your mouth.

⁵Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, for Yahweh’s glory is great!

⁶For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.

⁷Though 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.

⁸Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.

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