Psalm 138:1 I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart; before the "gods" I will sing your praise.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Of David. I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart; before the "gods" I will sing your praise.

English Standard Version
Of David. I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise;

New American Standard Bible
A Psalm of David. I will give You thanks with all my heart; I will sing praises to You before the gods.

King James Bible
[[A Psalm of David.]] I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Davidic. I will give You thanks with all my heart; I will sing Your praise before the heavenly beings.

International Standard Version
LORD, I thank you with all of my heart; because you heard the words that I spoke, I will sing your praise before the heavenly beings.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
I will praise thee, O lord, with my whole heart: for thou hast heard the words of my mouth. I will sing praise to thee in the sight of his angels:

Darby Bible Translation
{A Psalm of David.} I will give thee thanks with my whole heart; before the gods will I sing psalms of thee.

Young's Literal Translation
By David. I confess Thee, with all my heart, Before the gods I do praise Thee.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

138:1-5 When we can praise God with our whole heart, we need not be unwilling for the whole world to witness our gratitude and joy in him. Those who rely on his loving-kindness and truth through Jesus Christ, will ever find him faithful to his word. If he spared not his own Son, how shall he not with him freely give us all things? If God gives us strength in our souls, to bear the burdens, resist the temptations, and to do the duties of an afflicted state, if he strengthens us to keep hold of himself by faith, and to wait with patience for the event, we are bound to be thankful.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

PSALM 138

Ps 138:1-8. David thanks God for His benefits, and anticipating a wider extension of God's glory by His means, assures himself of His continued presence and faithfulness.

1. I will praise thee with my whole heart—(Compare Ps 9:1).

before the gods—whether angels (Ps 8:5); or princes (Ex 21:6; Ps 82:6); or idols (Ps 97:7); denotes a readiness to worship the true God alone, and a contempt of all other objects of worship.