Psalms
The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.
Updated King James
Psalms 138
1I will praise you with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto 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. 4All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O LORD, when they hear the words of your mouth. 5Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. 6Though the LORD be high, yet has he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knows far off. 7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will revive me: you shall stretch forth your hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and your right hand shall save me. 8The LORD will perfect that which concerns me: your mercy, O LORD, endures for ever: forsake not the works of your own hands.
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