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Psalm 138:1–2

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1I will give you thanks with all my heart;ab

I will sing your praise before the heavenly beings.Bac

2I will bow down toward your holy temple

and give thanks to your name

for your constant love and truth.

You have exalted your name

and your promise above everything else.Aa

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Psalm 138:2: I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.

Footnotes

  1. BOr before the gods, or before judges, or before kings; elohim
  2. AOr You have exalted your promise above all your name

Cross references

  1. abPs 111:1
  2. acPs 82:1,6–7; 95:3; 96:5
  3. a1Kg 8:29; Ps 5:7; 28:2

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart;

before the gods I sing your praise;

I bow down toward your holy temple

and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,

for you have exalted above all things

your name and your word.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart;

before the “gods” I will sing your praise.

I will bow down toward your holy temple

and will praise your name

for your unfailing love and your faithfulness,

for you have so exalted your solemn decree

that it surpasses your fame.

NLTNew Living Translation

I give you thanks, O Lord, with all my heart;

I will sing your praises before the gods.

I bow before your holy Temple as I worship.

I praise your name for your unfailing love and faithfulness;

for your promises are backed

by all the honor of your name.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I give you thanks with my whole heart;

before the gods I sing your praise.

I bow down toward your holy temple

and give thanks to your name,

because of your loyal love and faithfulness,

for you have magnified your word according to all your name.

KJV 1900King James Version

I will praise thee with my whole heart:

Before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.

I will worship toward thy holy temple,

And praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth:

For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.