Psalm 138:6

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Summary

Psalm 138:6

Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

Though

But the proud

Acts 12:22

Afar off

Psalm 139:2

Matthew 25:41

2 Thessalonians 1:9

General references

Matthew 23:12

Bible References

Though

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

Who is like the Lord our God,

Who is enthroned on high,

“The Lord makes poor and rich;

He brings low, He also exalts.

Though He scoffs at the scoffers,
Yet He gives grace to the afflicted.

For thus says the high and exalted One
Who

lives forever, whose name is Holy,

“I dwell on a high and holy place,
And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit
In order to revive the spirit of the lowly
And to revive the heart of the contrite.

“For My hand made all these things,
Thus all these things came into being,” declares the Lord.
“But to this one I will look,
To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.

“He has done mighty deeds with His arm;
He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

But the proud

Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods; indeed, it was proven when they dealt proudly against the people.”

“Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.

The

proud look of man will be abased

And the loftiness of man will be humbled,
And the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
“Because your heart is lifted up
And you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of gods
In the heart of the seas’;
Yet you are a man and not God,
Although you make your heart like the heart of God—

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just, and He is able to humble those who walk in pride.”

But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became so

proud that he behaved arrogantly, he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken away from him.

The people kept crying out, “The voice of a god and not of a man!”

Afar off

You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar.

“Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;

These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,

General references

Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.