Psalms 138:6
4 All the kings of the earth will give You thanks, O LORD, when they hear the words of Your mouth.
5 They will sing of the ways of the LORD, for the glory of the LORD is great.
Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
7 If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
8 The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever— do not abandon the works of Your hands.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
- KJV
- Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
- WEB
- For though the LORD is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.
- ASV
- For though Jehovah is high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; But the haughty he knoweth from afar.
- DARBY
- For Jehovah is high; but he looketh upon the lowly, and the proud he knoweth afar off.
- BLB
- For YHWH [is] on high, and the lowly one He sees, and the haughty He knows from afar.
- ÅB
- for Herren er opphøyet, og han ser til den ringe, og den stolte kjenner han langt fra.
- OTB
- For Herren er opphøyet,
Likevel ser han til de lave,
Men de stolte kjenner han på avstand. - B1930
- for Herren er ophøiet, og han ser til den ringe, og den stolte kjenner han langt fra.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 113:5–6
Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?
Read in contextIsaiah 57:15
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
Read in context1 Samuel 2:7–8
The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
Read in contextProverbs 3:34
He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
Read in contextJames 4:6
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Read in contextIsaiah 66:2
Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
Read in contextLuke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Read in contextDaniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
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