See note on Exodus 22:8. (Kimchi). "Whedon's Commentary on the Bible". » I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. 1999. "Commentary on Psalms 138:1". It means everything that God is. If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware. "Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers". "Commentary on Psalms 138:1". Read some of the psalms. "*holy *temple" (verse 2) because they believed that God lived in it. 2 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.. 3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. It tells them that God Psalms 138:1 « [A Psalm] of David. Words in brackets, ( ), are All that constitutes praise to God as God, he would address to him alone. Often, when he wanted help, he prayed to the *LORD. "John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible". Some Greek copies add, "a psalm or alleluia of Zacharias in the dispersion," when the Israelites were at Babylon. Article Images Copyright © 2020 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Copyright StatementThese files are a derivative of an electronic edition prepared from text scanned by Woodside Bible Fellowship.This expanded edition of the Jameison-Faussett-Brown Commentary is in the public domain and may be freely used and distributed. BibliographyJamieson, Robert, D.D. Clearly this is an instance where אלהים, eloheem, denotes princes, kings, dignitaries, and should read: “Before the princes or kings,” etc. 1. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/gsb/psalms-138.html. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/wen/psalms-138.html. Cares for the downtrodden (v. 6). agree with someone). Psalms 135:5). In this passage, David expresses gratitude to God. "kind love" is a special Bible word. "Commentary on Psalms 138:1". for me everything that he has promised. Popularity rankings are based on search volume data from the Google AdWords Keyword Planner tool. See Psalm 138:1 with its adjacent verses in bold below. » I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. before the gods — whether angels (Psalm 8:5); or princes (Exodus 21:6; Psalm 82:6); or idols (Psalm 97:7); denotes a readiness to worship the true God alone, and a contempt of all other objects of worship. Also, the word le, which is usually translated “of” in the phrase “a psalm of David,” has other possible meanings. Cloudflare Ray ID: 5f8881a6a8093745 He will Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. Psalms 119:46, “before kings.”). "Commentary on Psalms 138:1". Whole Psalm. This is the first of a group of eight psalms that are ascribed to David in the superscriptions, and this writer demands something more reliable than the speculations and guesses of critics as a reason for denying their accuracy. Or all the occurrences of my life, Lamentations iii. "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible". Psalm 138:1 . That is why they will thank you. to say "what God does on the earth". BibliographyGill, John. PSALM 138 OVERVIEW. Title.A Psalm of David. 1685. Verse 2: "Your name" means more than just Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible. The *LORD is a special how great someone is. His people agree to love and obey him. Before kings and princes, by comparing this with Psalms 138:4, All kings (provoked by my example) shall praise thee; and with Psalms 119:46, I will speak of thy testimonies before kings. The *exile was when the *Jews enemies made them live in Also he can see what *proud people are doing. • "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". On the subject of imprecations (see the note on Psalm 109). This Psalm is wisely placed. Hermann Gunkel, one of the great fathers of psalm studies, describes hymns of thanksgiving in this way: “A person is … Continue reading "Commentary on Psalm 138:1-8" (here, God and his people). Quotes available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The praise David speaks of is that which is of a public kind. He virtually challenges the pagan so-called "gods" to verify, if they could, their claim to divinity, by showing any boon like this which they had ever bestowed (cf. Does that mean that David wrote the psalm? The Syriac, Before kings will I sing unto thee. The words "for David" are part of the Hebrew psalm. It is simply inconceivable that the psalmist was here speaking of idols. BibliographyBeza, Theodore. "The 1599 Geneva Study Bible". https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/acc/psalms-138.html. David. "George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary". *psalmist was the person that wrote the psalm. *LORD, *with all my *heart. The mention in Psalms 138:2 of God's "holy temple" is thought by Hammond to confirm this, as the cherubim in it answers to the angels here.