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<t><p class="indent1">I will sing<MH2167> Your praises<MH2167> before<MH5048> the gods<MH430>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/138-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I will bow<MH2331c> down<MH2331c> toward<MH413> Your holy<MH6944> temple<MH1964> <t><p class="indent1">And give<MH3034> thanks<MH3034> to Your name<MH8034> for Your mercy<MH2617a> and Your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>truth<MH571>; <t><p class="indent1">For You have made<MH1431> Your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>word<MH565a> great<MH1431> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>according<MH5921> to all<MH3605> Your name<MH8034>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/138-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>On the day<MH3117> I called<MH7121>, You answered<MH6030a> me; <t><p class="indent1">You made<MH7292> me bold<MH7292> <i>with</i> strength<MH5797> in my soul<MH5315>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/138-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>All<MH3605> the kings<MH4428> of the earth<MH776> will give<MH3034> thanks<MH3034> to You, LORD<MH3068>, <t><p class="indent1">When<MH3588> they have heard<MH8085> the words<MH561> of Your mouth<MH6310>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/138-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And they will sing<MH7891> of the ways<MH1870> of the LORD<MH3068>, <t><p class="indent1">For great<MH1419> is the glory<MH3519b> of the LORD<MH3068>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/138-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For the LORD<MH3068> is exalted<MH7311>, <t><p class="indent1">Yet He looks<MH7200> after<MH7200> the lowly<MH8217>, <t><p class="indent1">But He knows<MH3045> the haughty<MH1364> from afar<MH4801>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/138-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Though<MH518> I walk<MH1980> in the midst<MH7130> of trouble<MH6869a>, You will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>revive<MH2421a> me; <t><p class="indent1">You will reach<MH7971> out<MH7971> with Your hand<MH3027> against<MH5921> the wrath<MH639> of my enemies<MH340>, <t><p class="indent1">And Your right<MH3225> hand<MH3225> will save<MH3467> me. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/138-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The LORD<MH3068> will accomplish<MH1584> what<MH1157> concerns<MH1157> me; <t><p class="indent1">Your faithfulness<MH2617a>, LORD<MH3068>, is everlasting<MH5769>; <t><p class="indent1">Do not abandon<MH7503> the works<MH4639> of Your hands<MH3027>.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Or <i>faithfulness</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Or <i>promise</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Or <i>together with</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>keep me alive</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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