Psalm 138:3
Geneva Bible 1599
Chapter overview
Psalm 138 responds to answered prayer with wholehearted thanks and strengthened courage. Kings hear of divine ways, but special regard rests on the lowly; danger cannot cancel steadfast purpose or completing faithfulness.
ThanksgivingHumilityCouragePurpose
1A Psalme of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: euen before the gods will I praise thee.
2I will worship toward thine holy Temple and praise thy Name, because of thy louing kindenesse and for thy trueth: for thou hast magnified thy Name aboue all things by thy word.
3When I called, then thou heardest me, and hast encreased strength in my soule.
4All the Kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord: for they haue heard the wordes of thy mouth.
5And they shall sing of the wayes of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord is great.
6For the Lord is high: yet he beholdeth the lowly, but the proude he knoweth afarre off.
7Though I walke in the middes of trouble, yet wilt thou reuiue me: thou wilt stretch foorth thine hand vpon the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall saue me.
8The Lord will performe his worke toward me: O Lord, thy mercie endureth for euer: forsake not the workes of thine handes.
Verses to memorize from Psalm 138
- Psalm 138:3When I called, then thou heardest me, and hast encreased strength in my…
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