The Book of Psalms

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- Chapter 138 -

I will thank you with all my heart

Of David himself. O Lord, I will confess to you with my whole heart, for you have heard the words of my mouth. I will sing psalms to you in the sight of the Angels.

I will adore before your holy temple, and I will confess your name: it is above your mercy and your truth. For you have magnified your holy name above all.

On whatever day that I will call upon you: hear me. You will multiply virtue in my soul.

May all the kings of the earth confess to you, O Lord. For they have heard all the words of your mouth.(a)

And let them sing in accordance with the ways of the Lord. For great is the glory of the Lord.

For the Lord is exalted, and he looks with favor on the humble. But the lofty he knows from a distance.

If I wander into the midst of tribulation, you will revive me. For you extended your hand against the wrath of my enemies. And your right hand has accomplished my salvation.

The Lord will provide retribution on my behalf. O Lord, your mercy is forever. Do not disdain the works of your hands.

Footnotes

(a)137:4 The Challoner Douay-Rheims version omits ‘O Lord’ (from the vocative Domine), but the original Douay-Rheims has it. Again, this is a small difference that indicates that the Latin text used by Challoner differs slightly from this text.(Conte)

I will thank you with all my heart

I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods,(a) I will sing praises to you.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Footnotes

(a)138:1 The word elohim, used here, usually means “God” but can also mean “gods”, “princes”, or “angels”.