Psaume 138:3-8

3 Le jour où je t'ai invoqué, tu m'as exaucé, Tu m'as rassuré, tu as fortifié mon âme.

4 Tous les rois de la terre te loueront, ô Eternel! En entendant les paroles de ta bouche;

5 Ils célébreront les voies de l'Eternel, Car la gloire de l'Eternel est grande.

6 L'Eternel est élevé: il voit les humbles, Et il reconnaît de loin les orgueilleux.

7 Quand je marche au milieu de la détresse, tu me rends la vie, Tu étends ta main sur la colère de mes ennemis, Et ta droite me sauve.

8 L'Eternel agira en ma faveur. Eternel, ta bonté dure toujours, N'abandonne pas les oeuvres de tes mains!

Psaume 138:3-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 138

\\<>\\. This psalm is generally thought to have been written by David upon his being advanced to the throne; on account of which he praises the Lord, who had supported him under many exercises, and had made good his promise to him, at least in part; and he firmly believed the accomplishment of the rest, that he would perfect what concerned him, Ps 138:8. It seems as if this psalm was composed between his being king over Judah and over all Israel. Though Theodoret understands the psalm as a thanksgiving of the Jews upon their return from Babylon, which David prophesied of. The Syriac version calls it a thanksgiving with a prophecy; as indeed it is a prophecy of the Messiah's kingdom, and of the calling of the Gentiles in the latter day, as appears from Ps 138:4.