Salmi 138:1-6

1 Salmo di Davide. Io ti celebrerò con tutto il mio cuore, dinanzi agli dèi salmeggerò a te.
2 Adorerò vòlto al tempio della tua santità, celebrerò il tuo nome per la tua benignità e per la tua fedeltà; poiché tu hai magnificato la tua parola oltre ogni tua rinomanza.
3 Nel giorno che ho gridato a te, tu m’hai risposto, m’hai riempito di coraggio, dando forza all’anima mia.
4 Tutti i re della terra ti celebreranno, o Eterno, quando avranno udito le parole della tua bocca;
5 e canteranno le vie dell’Eterno, perché grande è la gloria dell’Eterno.
6 Sì, eccelso è l’Eterno, eppure ha riguardo agli umili, e da lungi conosce l’altero.

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Salmi 138:1-6 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.

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