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Selected Verse: Psalms 138:7 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 138:7 |
Strong Concordance |
Though I walk [03212] in the midst [07130] of trouble [06869], thou wilt revive [02421] me: thou shalt stretch forth [07971] thine hand [03027] against the wrath [0639] of mine enemies [0341], and thy right hand [03225] shall save [03467] me. |
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King James |
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Though I walk in the midst of trouble - Though I am in the low vale of sorrow, I shall not be overlooked or forgotten. This implies that the writer was then in trouble, and it expresses the conviction that whenever he should be in trouble God would remember him, and give him life and strength.
Thou wilt revive me - Thou wilt cause me to live; thou wilt give me life. Psa 30:3. Compare the notes at Psa 71:20. The meaning is, Thou wilt give me life - vigor - strength - to bear the trouble.
Thou shalt stretch forth thine hand - As one does when he is about to inflict a blow.
Against the wrath of mine enemies ... - In reference to all their attempts to destroy me. Thou wilt meet their wrath by thy power, and I shall be safe. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Out of these experiences-so important for all mankind - of David, who has been exalted by passing through humiliation, there arise from him confident hopes concerning the future. The beginning of this strophe calls Psa 23:4 to mind. Though his way may lead through the midst of heart - oppressing trouble, Jahve will loose these bands of death and quicken him afresh (חיּה as in Psa 30:4; Psa 71:20, and frequently). Though his enemies may rage, Jahve will stretch forth His hand threateningly and tranquillizingly over their wrath, and His right hand will save him. ימינך is the subject according to Psa 139:10 and other passages, and not (for why should it be supposed to be this?) accus. instrumenti (vid., Psa 60:7). In Psa 138:8 יגמר is intended just as in Psa 57:3 : the word begun He will carry out, ἐπιτελεῖν (Phi 1:6); and בּעדי (according to its meaning, properly: covering me) is the same as עלי in that passage (cf. Psa 13:6; 142:8). The pledge of this completion is Jahve's everlasting mercy, which will not rest until the promise is become perfect truth and reality. Thus, therefore, He will not leave, forsake the works of His hands (vid., Psa 90:16.), i.e., as Hengstenberg correctly explains, everything that He has hitherto accomplished for David, from his deliverance out of the hands of Saul down to the bestowment of the promise - He will not let one of His works stand still, and least of all one that has been so gloriously begun. הרפּה (whence תּרף) signifies to slacken, to leave slack, i.e., leave uncarried out, to leave to itself, as in Neh 6:3. אל expresses a negation with a measure of inward excitement. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Though I walk in the midst of trouble - I have had such experience of thy mercy, that let me fall into whatsoever trouble I may, yet I will trust in thee. Thou wilt quicken me, though I were ready to die; and thou wilt deliver me from the wrath of my enemies. |
20 Thou, which hast shewed [07200] me great [07227] and sore [07451] troubles [06869], shalt quicken [02421] me again [07725], and shalt bring me up [05927] again [07725] from the depths [08415] of the earth [0776].
3 O LORD [03068], thou hast brought up [05927] my soul [05315] from the grave [07585]: thou hast kept me alive [02421], that I should not go down [03381] [03381] to the pit [0953].
3 And I sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto them, saying [0559], I am doing [06213] a great [01419] work [04399], so that I cannot [03201] come down [03381]: why should the work [04399] cease [07673], whilst [0834] I leave [07503] it, and come down [03381] to you?
16 Let thy work [06467] appear [07200] unto thy servants [05650], and thy glory [01926] unto their children [01121].
6 I will sing [07891] unto the LORD [03068], because he hath dealt bountifully [01580] with me.
6 Being confident [3982] of this [5124] very thing [846], that [3754] he which hath begun [1728] a good [18] work [2041] in [1722] you [5213] will perform [2005] it until [891] the day [2250] of Jesus [2424] Christ [5547]:
3 He shall send [07971] from heaven [08064], and save [03467] me from the reproach [02778] of him that would swallow me up [07602]. Selah [05542]. God [0430] shall send forth [07971] his mercy [02617] and his truth [0571].
8 The LORD [03068] will perfect [01584] that which concerneth me: thy mercy [02617], O LORD [03068], endureth for ever [05769]: forsake [07503] not the works [04639] of thine own hands [03027].
7 Gilead [01568] is mine, and Manasseh [04519] is mine; Ephraim [0669] also is the strength [04581] of mine head [07218]; Judah [03063] is my lawgiver [02710];
10 Even there shall thy hand [03027] lead [05148] me, and thy right hand [03225] shall hold [0270] me.
20 Thou, which hast shewed [07200] me great [07227] and sore [07451] troubles [06869], shalt quicken [02421] me again [07725], and shalt bring me up [05927] again [07725] from the depths [08415] of the earth [0776].
4 Sing [02167] unto the LORD [03068], O ye saints [02623] of his, and give thanks [03034] at the remembrance [02143] of his holiness [06944].
4 Yea, though I walk [03212] through the valley [01516] of the shadow of death [06757], I will fear [03372] no evil [07451]: for thou art with me; thy rod [07626] and thy staff [04938] they comfort [05162] me.