Psalms 138

1 I will give thee thanks with my whole heart: Before the gods will I sing praises unto thee.

1Unto the end, a psalm of David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:

2I will worship toward thy holy temple, And give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

2Thou hast known my sitting down, and my rising up.

3In the day that I called thou answeredst me, Thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul.

3Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.

4All the kings of the earth shall give thee thanks, O Jehovah, For they have heard the words of thy mouth.

4And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.

5Yea, they shall sing of the ways of Jehovah; For great is the glory of Jehovah.

5Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.

6For though Jehovah is high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; But the haughty he knoweth from afar.

6Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.

7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; Thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, And thy right hand will save me.

7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?

8Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, endureth for ever; Forsake not the works of thine own hands.

8If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.

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9If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:

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10Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.

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11And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.

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12But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light all the day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.

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13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb.

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14I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.

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15My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.

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16Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.

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17But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.

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18I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand, I rose up and am still with thee.

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19If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:

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20Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.

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21Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pined away because of thy enemies?

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22I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.

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23Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.

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24And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.