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Psalms 138:2

On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

I 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.

In Context

1Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion:

3For there they that led us into captivity required of us the words of songs. And they that carried us away, said: Sing ye to us a hymn of the songs of Sion.

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:20The Lord hath performed his word which he spoke : and I stand in the room of David my father, and sit upon the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised: and have built a house to the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

1 Kings 8:29That thy eyes may be open upon this house night and day: upon the house of which thou hast said: My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth in this place to thee.

Psalms 5:8But as for me in the multitude of thy mercy, I will come into thy house; I will worship towards thy holy temple, in thy fear.

Psalms 36:5He hath devised iniquity on his bed, he hath set himself on every way that is not good : but evil he hath not hated.

Psalms 56:10Then shall my enemies be turned back. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, behold I know thou art my God.

Psalms 86:15And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 138:2-6

Grateful Praise. 1 I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. 2 I 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 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. 4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord , when they hear the words of thy mouth. 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord : for great is the… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

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Study Psalms 138:2

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