Psalms 138:2

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising: 1 Thou understandest my thoughts long before. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

1For the end, a Psalm of David. 1 O Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me. 1

3Thou hast traced my path and my bed, 1 And hast foreseen all my ways. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:20And the Lord has confirmed the word that he spoke, and I am risen up in the place of my father David, and I have sat down on the throne of Israel, as the Lord spoke, and I have built the house to the name of the Lord God of Israel.

1 Kings 8:29that thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place of which thou saidst, My name shall be there, to hear the prayer which thy servant prays at this place day and night.

Psalms 5:8But I will enter into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: 1 I will worship in thy fear toward thy holy temple. 1

Psalms 36:5Disclose thy way to the Lord, 1 And hope in him; and he shall bring it to pass. 1

Psalms 56:10O Lord, I will give thanks to thee among the nations: 1 I will sing to thee among the Gentiles. 1

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 →

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