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Psalms 138:1

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

[A Psalm] of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.

Psalms 138:1 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 138:1

Theological / Devotional

Gods. Heb. ’elohim, here probably the heathen gods. The psalmist does not think these heathen gods have any real existence; he refers to them only as they existed in the thoughts of their worshipers. The LXX renders ’elohim by “angels,” as in Ps. 8:5 (see comments there; see also Vol. I, p. 171).

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