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NET Bible

I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky.

New American Standard Bible

I will bow down toward Your holy temple
And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth;
For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name.

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.

Holman Bible

I will bow down toward Your holy temple
and give thanks to Your name
for Your constant love and truth.
You have exalted Your name
and Your promise above everything else.

International Standard Version

I will bow down in worship toward your holy Temple and give thanks to your name for your gracious love and truth, for you have done great things to carry out your word consistent with your name.

A Conservative Version

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and give thanks to thy name for thy loving kindness and for thy truth. For thou have magnified thy word above all thy name.

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.

Amplified


I will bow down [in worship] toward Your holy temple
And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth;
For You have magnified Your word together with Your 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.

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.

Julia Smith Translation

I will worship to thy holy temple, and I will praise thy name for thy mercy and for thy truth: for thou didst magnify thy word over all thy name.

King James 2000

I will worship toward your holy temple, and praise your name for your lovingkindness and for your truth: for you have magnified your word above all your name.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have magnified your word according to all your name.

Modern King James verseion

I will worship toward Your holy temple, and praise Your name for Your loving-kindness and for Your truth's sake; for You have magnified Your Word above all Your name.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name, because of thy loving-kindness and truth; for thou hast magnified thy word, according unto thy great name.

New Heart 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.

The Emphasized Bible

I will bow down towards thy holy temple, and thank thy Name, for thy lovingkindness and for thy faithfulness, For thou hast magnified, above all thy Name, thy word!

Webster

I will worship towards thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness 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.

Youngs 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.

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Psalm 138:2

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Prayers for Psalm 138:2

Context Readings

A Thankful Heart

1 By David. I will give you thanks with all my heart; before the heavenly assembly I will sing praises to you. 2 I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky. 3 When I cried out for help, you answered me. You made me bold and energized me.


Cross References

Psalm 5:7

But as for me, because of your great faithfulness I will enter your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple as I worship you.

Psalm 28:2

Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy temple!

Isaiah 42:21

The Lord wanted to exhibit his justice by magnifying his law and displaying it.

1 Kings 8:29-30

Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. May you answer your servant's prayer for this place.

Daniel 6:10

When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.

Psalm 36:5-6

O Lord, your loyal love reaches to the sky; your faithfulness to the clouds.

Psalm 56:4

In God -- I boast in his promise -- in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me?

Psalm 56:10

In God -- I boast in his promise -- in the Lord -- I boast in his promise --

Psalm 85:10

Loyal love and faithfulness meet; deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss.

Psalm 86:15

But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness.

Psalm 89:1-2

A well-written song by Ethan the Ezrachite. I will sing continually about the Lord's faithful deeds; to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness.

Psalm 99:5

Praise the Lord our God! Worship before his footstool! He is holy!

Psalm 99:9

Praise the Lord our God! Worship on his holy hill, for the Lord our God is holy!

Psalm 100:4-5

Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give him thanks! Praise his name!

Psalm 115:1

Not to us, O Lord, not to us! But to your name bring honor, for the sake of your loyal love and faithfulness.

Isaiah 63:7

I will tell of the faithful acts of the Lord, of the Lord's praiseworthy deeds. I will tell about all the Lord did for us, the many good things he did for the family of Israel, because of his compassion and great faithfulness.

Micah 7:18-20

There is no other God like you! You forgive sin and pardon the rebellion of those who remain among your people. You do not remain angry forever, but delight in showing loyal love.

Matthew 5:18

I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter will pass from the law until everything takes place.

Matthew 24:35

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

Luke 1:68-72

"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he has come to help and has redeemed his people.

John 1:17

For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.

John 10:35

If those people to whom the word of God came were called 'gods' (and the scripture cannot be broken),

Romans 15:8-9

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God's truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers,

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