Psalms 138:2 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 138:2

I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.

BSB

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ASV

I will worship toward thy holy temple, And give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Homily 49, on Psalm 137 (420)

I will worship toward your holy temple. If this is the temple which now is seen to be deserted, in which one ought to worship: then the Jews ought not to worship, since the temple has been overthrown. But by "temple" he means the holy and heavenly Jerusalem.

The record, by era

The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

He singles out the divine mercy and truth as the subject of his praise, for while the power and greatness of God are equally worthy of commendation, nothing has a more sensible influence in stimulating us to thanksgiving than his free mercy; and in communicating to us of his goodness he opens our mouth to sing his praises.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 7 (1885)

I will worship toward thy holy temple, or the place of God's dwelling, where the ark abode. He would worship God in God's own way. The Lord had ordained a centre of unity, a place of sacrifice, a house of his indwelling; and David accepted the way of worship enjoined by revelation. Even so, the true hearted believer of these days must not fall into the will worship of superstition, or the wild worship of scepticism, but reverently worship as the Lord himself prescribes.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2604: “Open Praise and Public Confession” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1899)

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֨ה	'esh.ta.cha.Veh	I will bow down	H7812 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הֵיכַ֪ל	hei.Khal	[the] temple of	H1964 →
קָדְשְׁךָ֡	kod.she.cha	holiness your	H6944 →
וְא֘וֹדֶ֤ה	ve.'o.Deh	so I may give thanks to	H3034 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
שְׁמֶ֗ךָ	she.Me.kha	name your	H8034 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
חַסְדְּךָ֥	chas.de.Kha	covenant loyalty your	H2617 →
וְעַל־	ve.'al-	and on	H5921 →
אֲמִתֶּ֑ךָ	'a.mi.Te.kha	faithfulness your	H571 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
הִגְדַּ֥לְתָּ	hig.Dal.ta	you have made great	H1431 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
כָּל־	ka.lo.Shi-	all	H3605 →
שִׁ֝מְךָ֗	Shim.Kha	name your	H8034 →
אִמְרָתֶֽךָ׃	'im.ra.Te.kha	word your	H565 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
leads to
- Isaiah 40:8
  The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 1:25
  but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 23:19
  God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Isaiah 55:11
  so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
- Matthew 5:18
  For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
Through
Matthew 5:18
For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
leads to
- Luke 16:17
  But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
Through
Psalms 56:4
In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
leads to
- Hebrews 13:6
  So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
- Psalms 118:6
  The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms