Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 138:4
The kings — A prophecy of the calling of the Gentiles. Hear — The gospel preached among then.
The kings — A prophecy of the calling of the Gentiles. Hear — The gospel preached among then.
Verse Psalms 138:4. _ALL THE KINGS OF THE EARTH_] Of the land: all the neighbouring nations, seeing what is done for us, and looking in vain to find that any human agency was employed in the work, wil...
ALL THE KINGS OF THE EARTH SHALL PRAISE THEE ... - That is, kings, princes, and rulers shall learn the words of promise; shall be made acquainted with the words which thou hast graciously spoken, and...
Psalms 138 A Psalm of Deliverance This is a Psalm of David giving praise to the Lord for deliverance. The harp is now no more hanging idle on the willows, but is tuned afresh to praise His Name. It...
CXXXVIII. PSALMS 138:1. The Psalmist praises Yahweh, in spite of the false gods and their worshippers, for His grace and fidelity to himself in trouble. PSALMS 138:2_ c._ Omit thy word (so LXX), and...
LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. THEY HEAR. they have heard....
_All the kings of the earth_shall give thanks unto thee, Jehovah] When the kings of the nations hear of Jehovah's promises to Israel and His fulfilment of them, they will join in the Psalmist's thanks...
Jehovah's faithfulness to His promises will evoke the homage of the world....
DISCOURSE: 731 THE GOSPEL A SOURCE OF HAPPINESS Psalms 138:4. _All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, when they hear the words of thy mouth. Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lor...
WHEN THEY HEAR— Or, _For they shall hear._...
PSALMS 138 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A King's Public Thanks for Advancement in Royal Dignity. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 138:1-3, Public Thanks for Unexpected Advancement and for the Lofty Feeling thereby...
All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth. ALL THE KINGS OF THE EARTH SHALL PRAISE THEE, O LORD, WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORDS OF THY MOUTH - when they...
138:4 words (g-16) _ Omer_ . see Psalms 119:11 ....
Although the title ascribes this Ps. to David, it is generally considered to belong to the post-exilic period, of whose earnest piety it is one of the best examples. According to some scholars the spe...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THANKS! PSALMS 138 Jesus said, "Offer (to God) the gift that Moses told you (to offer)" (Matthew 8:4
The general sense of these verses is plain, though there are slightly different ways of understanding the expressions. The psalmist imagines that the word or _promise,_ which has been so abundantly fu...
יֹוד֣וּךָ יְ֭הוָה כָּל ־מַלְכֵי ־אָ֑רֶץ כִּ֥י...
Psalms 138:1 This is the first of a group of eight psalms attributed to David in the superscriptions. It precedes the closing hallelujah psalms, and thus stands where a "find" of Davidic psalms at a l...
THE MOST HIGH REGARDS THE LOWLY Psalms 138:1 This is the first of a cycle of Davidic psalms, based on 2 Samuel 7:1. God's promised favors are the theme of devout thanksgiving. No idols could have ach...
The final personal note of this song is reached in the words, “Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me.” It opens with consecration to the sacred duty of praise. This consecration has a threefol...
All the (d) kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth. (d) All the world will confess that you have wonderfully preserved me, and performed your promise....
_No speech, &c., viz., unknown to thee: or when there is no speech in my tongue, yet my whole interior and my most secret thoughts are known to thee. (Challoner) --- Vatican Septuagint, "no evil speec...
Scripture best explains scripture. Interpreting what is here said in reference to the days of Christ, the whole is confirmed. Psalms 72:10....
4._Let all kings of the earth praise thee _Here he declares that the goodness he had experienced would be extensively known, and the report of it spread over all the world. In saying that even kings h...
Psalms 138 gives the ground of faith God's word; and now the godly turns to own it in worship; and when that word reaches the kings of the earth, they shall turn and praise Jehovah and sing in His way...
ALL THE KINGS OF THE EARTH SHALL PRAISE THEE, O LORD,.... Or "let [them] confess", or "praise thee" s; a wish or prayer. Not only the kings known to David, as Kimchi limits it; or that lived in his da...
All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth. Ver. 4. _All the kings of the earth shall praise thee_] Such of them as shall read these psalms of my comp...
_All the kings of the earth shall praise thee_ All the neighbouring kings; or, rather, this is a prophecy of the calling of the Gentiles, and so the generality of the kings of the earth are intended,...
1-5 When we can praise God with our whole heart, we need not be unwilling for the whole world to witness our gratitude and joy in him. Those who rely on his loving-kindness and truth through Jesus Ch...
Either, 1. All neighbouring kings; or, 2. The generality of kings and princes upon earth. And so this is a prophecy of the calling of the Gentiles, which seems to be confirmed by the next verse, whic...
Psalms 138:4 kings H4428 earth H776 praise H3034 (H8686) LORD H3068 hear H8085 (H8804) words H561 mouth...
Psalms 138:1. _I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee._ «Gods or no gods, whatever they may be, ‘I will praise thee with my whole heart,' I will not be a...
Psalms 138:1. _I will praise thee with my whole heart; before the gods will I sing praise unto thee._ We cannot be too much occupied in the praises of God. He rightly deserves all the thanksgivings w...
A Psalm of David. Psalms 138:1. _I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee._ Before the heathen gods, however highly exalted I will sing thy praises so in...
CONTENTS: Thankfulness for the experience of God's goodness. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Praising God is work of which the greatest of men need not be ashamed. A debt of gratitude is due Him...
The LXX have prefixed the name of Haggai and Zechariah to this psalm; but all the Versions follow the Hebrew in ascribing it to David, to whom it undoubtedly belongs. It was probably one of the favour...
_I will praise Thee with my whole heart._ MORAL FEATURES OF A GOOD MAN’S LIFE I. The grand resolve of a good man--to serve God (verses 1, 2). 1. Entirely. “I will praise Thee with my whole heart.”...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 138:1. This psalm offers thanks to God for signs of his constant care. ⇐...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 138:4 The God to whom the singer had prayed is the universal Lord, to whom all the Gentiles will one day come in worship (ALL THE KINGS OF THE EARTH SHALL GIVE YOU THANKS). Yet he...
INTRODUCTION “This,” says Barnes, “is the first of a series of eight Psalms (Psalms 38-145) placed together in this part of the book, and ascribed to David. They appear to be of the nature of a _suppl...
EXPOSITION A CLUSTER of Davidical psalms here follows. It is not easy to trace any single line of thought connecting them all, or to explain how they come to be so entirely separated from the great bu...
I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth: for thou has...
Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 60:16; Isaiah 60:3; Psalms 22:22; Psalms 22:27;