Psalms 138:6
For though the LORD is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
In Context
5Yes, they will sing of the ways of the LORD, for the LORD’s glory is great!
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7The LORD makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.
Psalms 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.
Psalms 139:2You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the arrogance of men will be bowed down, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 57:15For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas;’ yet you are man, and no god, though you set your heart as the heart of a god—
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 →