Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 138:8
Perfect — Will finish the great work of my deliverance. Forsake not — Or, do not give over, the work of my salvation, which is thus far advanced, not by any human help, but by thy power and providence.
Perfect — Will finish the great work of my deliverance. Forsake not — Or, do not give over, the work of my salvation, which is thus far advanced, not by any human help, but by thy power and providence.
Verse Psalms 138:8. _THE LORD WILL PERFECT_] Whatever is farther necessary to be done, he will do it. _FORSAKE NOT THE WORKS OF THINE OWN HANDS._] My body - my soul; thy work _begun in my soul_; thy...
THE LORD WILL PERFECT THAT WHICH CONCERNETH ME - He will complete what he has begun. He will not begin to interpose in my behalf, and then abandon me. He will not promise to save me, and then fail to...
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...
Though fresh troubles may still await Israel, Jehovah will not fail to carry out His purposes for them....
_will perfect that which concerneth me_ Will accomplish His promises and purposes for me. Cp. Psalms 57:2; Philippians 1:6 (ἐπιτελεῖν is the word used in Aquila's version here). _forsake not the works...
DISCOURSE: 733 GOD’S CARE OF HIS PEOPLE Psalms 138:8. _The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me._ THE deeper doctrines of our holy religion, if made a matter of controversy and disputation, are...
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...
The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. THE LORD WILL PERFECT THAT WHICH CONCERNETH ME. The fact that the wor...
'Jehovah accomplisheth (all things) for me.' THE WORKS OF THINE OWN HANDS] i.e. the Jewish nation, if Israel is the speaker....
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
PERFECT THAT WHICH CONCERNETH ME. — Or, as in the analogous phrase (Psalms 57:2), _will complete for me_ — _i.e.,_ either _“_all my undertakings,” or, as in Philippians 1:6, “what he has begun in and...
יְהוָה֮ יִגְמֹ֪ר בַּ֫עֲדִ֥י יְ֭הוָה חַסְדְּךָ֣ לְ...
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...
The LORD will (f) perfect [that which] concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, [endureth] for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. (f) Though my enemies rage, yet the Lord, who has begun his wor...
PSALM CXXXVIII. (DOMINE PROBASTI.) God's special providence over his servants. _ Descend. Hebrew, "make my bed the grave or hell," Job xvii. 13. The living and the dead are equally in God's power. ...
REFLECTIONS MY soul! learn a lesson this day from David; and looking up to God the Spirit to enable thee to carry what thou hast learned into continual practice, determine from henceforth to praise th...
All believers in Christ can set their seal to these blessed truths. God's poor must be in his remembrance; they are his property, and they shall be his care. The Lord will perfect and make good all hi...
8._Jehovah will recompense upon me, etc_. The doubtfulness which attaches to the meaning of the verb גמר, _gamar, _throws an uncertainty over the whole sentence. Sometimes it signifies _to repay, _and...
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...
THE LORD WILL PERFECT [THAT WHICH] CONCERNETH ME,.... Or "will", or "may the Lord perform for me" x: all things in providence; all that he had appointed for him, that would be for his good and his own...
The LORD will perfect [that which] concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, [endureth] for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. Ver. 8. _The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me_] He will n...
_Though I walk in the midst of trouble_ That is, be compassed with dangers; _thou wilt revive me_ Thou wilt cheer my spirit and preserve my life. _Thou shalt stretch forth thy hand_ Put forth thy almi...
6-8 Though the Lord is high, yet he has respect to every lowly, humbled sinner; but the proud and unbelieving will be banished far from his blissful presence. Divine consolations have enough in them...
WILL PERFECT THAT WHICH CONCERNETH ME; will finish that great work of my deliverance and advancement, which he hath undertaken and carried on hitherto. ENDURETH FOR EVER; it is not inconstant and chan...
Psalms 138:8 LORD H3068 perfect H1584 (H8799) mercy H2617 LORD H3068 forever H5769 forsake H7503 (H8686) works...
Psalms 138:8 _(with Psalms 56:4; Psalms 61:2)_ I. The hand of God is in everything. No point is more distinct to a trustful, relying spirit, no truth is more settled, than this. There are no fortuiti...
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...
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...
_The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me._ CHOICE COMFORT FOR A YOUNG BELIEVER As every state has its dangers, so the peril of religious concern is despondency. Thoughtfulness soon degenerates...
_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 138:7 The psalm closes by telling of God’s constant care for each of his faithful. As God has begun to care for the singer, so he will continue to do so all throughout the singer’...
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...
1 Peter 1:3; 1 Peter 4:19; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; Isaiah 26:12;...