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Psalms 137
Septuagint (LXX2012) 137 compared with World English Bible 138
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1(138) A Psalm for David, of Aggaeus and Zacharias. I will give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; and I will sing psalms to you before the angels; for you have heard all the words of my mouth.
1By David. I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.
2I will worship toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name, on account of your mercy and your truth; for you have magnified your holy name above every thing.
2I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.
3In whatever day I shall call upon you, hear me speedily; you shall abundantly provide mewith your power in my soul.
3In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.
4Let all the kings of the earth, o Lord, give thanks to you; for they have heard all the words of your mouth.
4All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh, for they have heard the words of your mouth.
5And let them sing in the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.
5Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, for Yahweh’s glory is great!
6For the Lord is high, and [yet] regards the lowly; and he knows high things from afar off.
6For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.
7Though I should walk in the midst of affliction, you will quicken me; you have stretched forth your hands against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand has saved me.
7Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.
8O Lord, you shall recompense [them] on my behalf: your mercy, O Lord, [endures] for ever: overlook not the works of your hands.
8Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.