Salmos 138:1-6

1 Graças te dou de todo o meu coração; diante dos deuses a ti canto louvores.

2 Inclino-me para o teu santo templo, e louvo o teu nome pela tua benignidade, e pela tua fidelidade; pois engrandeceste acima de tudo o teu nome e a tua palavra.

3 No dia em que eu clamei, atendeste-me; alentaste-me, fortalecendo a minha alma.

4 Todos os reis da terra de louvarão, ó Senhor, quando ouvirem as palavras da tua boca;

5 e cantarão os caminhos do Senhor, pois grande é a glória do Senhor.

6 Ainda que o Senhor é excelso, contudo atenta para o humilde; mas ao soberbo, conhece-o de longe.

Salmos 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.