Psalms 138:7
If I walk in the midst of distress Thou quickenest me, Against the anger of mine enemies Thou sendest forth Thy hand, And Thy right hand doth save me.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6For high [is] Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth.
Cross References
Job 13:15Lo, He doth slay me — I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.
Psalms 17:7Separate wonderfully Thy kindness, O Saviour of the confiding, By Thy right hand, from withstanders.
Psalms 18:18They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.
Psalms 20:6Now I have known That Jehovah hath saved His anointed, He answereth him from His holy heavens, With the saving might of His right hand.
Psalms 35:1By David. Strive, Jehovah, with my strivers, fight with my fighters,
Psalms 44:3For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 138:7-8
God's Care of His People. 6 Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. 8 The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord , endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. David here comforts himself with three things:— I. The favour God bears to his humble people ( v.… Read the whole commentary →