Psalm 138:3
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New International Version (©2011)
When I called, you answered me; you greatly emboldened me.

New Living Translation (©2007)
As soon as I pray, you answer me; you encourage me by giving me strength.

English Standard Version (©2001)
On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
On the day I called, You answered me; You made me bold with strength in my soul.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
On the day I called, You answered me; You increased strength within me.

International Standard Version (©2012)
When I called out, you answered me; you strengthened me.

NET Bible (©2006)
When I cried out for help, you answered me. You made me bold and energized me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
In the day that I called you, you answered me, and you have increased the strength of my soul.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When I called, you answered me. You made me bold by strengthening my soul.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
In the day when I cried you answered me, and strengthened me with strength in my soul.

American King James Version
In the day when I cried you answered me, and strengthened me with strength in my soul.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me: thou shall multiply strength in my soul.

Darby Bible Translation
In the day when I called thou answeredst me; thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul.

English Revised Version
In the day that I called thou answeredst me, thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul.

Webster's Bible Translation
In the day when I cried thou didst answer me, and strengthen me with strength in my soul.

World English Bible
In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.

Young's Literal Translation
In the day I called, when Thou dost answer me, Thou dost strengthen me in my soul with strength.

Matthew Henry's Concise 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.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 3. - In the day when I cried thou answeredst me. Thy answer came to my prayer almost as soon as it was out of my mouth. And strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. The promptness of thy answer gave my soul fresh strength.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

In the day when I cried thou answeredst me,.... When in distress through Saul's persecution, he cried to the Lord, and he immediately answered him, and delivered him out of his troubles; and such immediate answers of prayer are to be remembered with thankfulness: see Psalm 18:6;

and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul; put him good heart and spirit, when before ready to faint; strengthened his heart and grace in it, particularly faith, and drew it forth into lively act and exercise so that he sunk not under the weight of affliction and trouble, but was filled with courage to withstand his enemies, and with strength to do the will and work of God; this is to be understood of inward spiritual strength; see Ephesians 3:16.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

3-5. That promise, as an answer to his prayers in distress, revived and strengthened his faith; and, as the basis of other revelations of the Messiah, it will be the occasion of praise by all who hear and receive it (Ps 68:29, 31; Isa 4:3).

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I will Give Thanks with My Whole Heart
1I will praise you with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise to you. 2I will worship toward your holy temple, and praise your name for your loving kindness and for your truth: for you have magnified your word above all your name. 3In the day when I cried you answered me, and strengthened me with strength in my soul. …

Nehemiah 6:9 They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, "Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed." But I prayed, "Now strengthen my hands."
Psalm 28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.
Psalm 46:1 For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Psalm 118:5 When hard pressed, I cried to the LORD; he brought me into a spacious place.
Jeremiah 15:11 The LORD said, "Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will make your enemies plead with you in times of disaster and times of distress.
Daniel 10:19 "Do not be afraid, you who are highly esteemed," he said. "Peace! Be strong now; be strong." When he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, "Speak, my lord, since you have given me strength."