Psalm 138:2 “I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Yo…”

Psalm 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

I 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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

I will worship toward thine holy Temple and praise thy Name, because of thy louing kindenesse and for thy trueth: for thou hast magnified thy Name aboue all things by thy word.

Darby Translation

I will bow down toward the temple of thy holiness, and celebrate thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Young's Literal Translation

I bow myself toward Thy holy temple, And I confess Thy name, For Thy kindness, and for Thy truth, For Thou hast made great Thy saying above all Thy name.

Bible in Basic English

I will give worship before your holy Temple, praising your name for your mercy and for your unchanging faith: for you have made your word greater than all your name.

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Cross references

“toward”

Psalm 5:7 Psalm 28:2 Psalm 99:5 Psalm 99:9 Daniel 6:10 1 Kings 8:29

Psalm 5:7 · BSB

But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.

Psalm 28:2 · BSB

Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

Psalm 99:5 · BSB

Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!

Psalm 99:9 · BSB

Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.

Daniel 6:10 · BSB

Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to h…

1 Kings 8:29 · BSB

May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

“and praise”

John 1:17 Psalm 115:1 Psalm 86:15 Isaiah 63:7 Psalm 85:10 Micah 7:18–20

John 1:17 · BSB

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Psalm 115:1 · BSB

Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.

Psalm 86:15 · BSB

But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.

Isaiah 63:7 · BSB

I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us— the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.

Psalm 85:10 · BSB

Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.

Micah 7:18–20 · BSB

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

“for thou hast”

Matthew 5:18 Psalm 56:10 Isaiah 42:21 Matthew 24:35 Psalm 56:4 John 10:35

Matthew 5:18 · BSB

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.

Psalm 56:10 · BSB

In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,

Isaiah 42:21 · BSB

The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.

Matthew 24:35 · BSB

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Psalm 56:4 · BSB

In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

John 10:35 · BSB

If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1I give You thanks with all my heart; before the gods I sing Your praises.

3On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.

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