Psalms 138:6
Though the LORD be high, yet has he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knows far off.
Updated King James Version
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
5Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7The LORD makes poor, and makes rich: he brings low, and lifts up.
Psalms 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Psalms 139:2You know my sitting down and mine rising up, you understand my thought far off.
Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 57:15For thus says the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Ezekiel 28:2Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because yours heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are a man, and not God, though you set yours heart as the heart of 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 →