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Psalms 138

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    WEBBy David. I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.
    KJVA Psalm of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
  2. 2
    WEBI 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.
    KJVI 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. 3
    WEBIn the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.
    KJVIn the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
  4. 4
    WEBAll the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh, for they have heard the words of your mouth.
    KJVAll the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
  5. 5
    WEBYes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, for Yahweh’s glory is great!
    KJVYea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.
  6. 6
    WEBFor though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.
    KJVThough the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
  7. 7
    WEBThough 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.
    KJVThough 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. 8
    WEBYahweh will fulfill that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.
    KJVThe LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
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  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.