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OET (OET-RV) A song by David.
⇔ I will thank you, Yahweh, with my whole being.
⇔ I will sing praises to you in front of the idols.

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυίδ.
¶ Κύριε ἐδοκίμασάς με, καὶ ἔγνως με.
( Eis to telos, psalmos tōi Dawid.
¶ Kurie edokimasas me, kai egnōs me. )

BrTr For the end, a Psalm of David.[fn]
¶ O Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me.

ULT A psalm of David.
⇔ Of David I will give you thanks with my whole heart;
⇔ before the gods I will sing praises to you.

UST A psalm written by David.
⇔ Yahweh, I thank you with all my inner being.
⇔ I sing to praise you, even though many people worship idols.

BSB Of David.
⇔ I give You thanks with all my heart;
⇔ before the gods I sing Your praises.

OEB Of David.
⇔ I will thank you, O Lord, with all my heart:
⇔ in the sight of the gods I will sing your praise,

WEBBE By David.
⇔ I will give you thanks with my whole heart.
⇔ Before the gods,[fn] I will sing praises to you.

138:1 The word elohim, used here, usually means “God” but can also mean “gods”, “princes”, or “angels”.

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

NET By David.
⇔ I will give you thanks with all my heart;
⇔ before the heavenly assembly I will sing praises to you.

LSV BY DAVID. I confess You with all my heart,
I praise You before the gods.

FBV A psalm of David.
⇔ I thank you with my whole being; I sing your praises before the heavenly beings.[fn]

138:1 The word used here is “elohim” which would usually be translated as “gods,” but this seems strange here since the gods worshiped by pagans do not exist. It could be translated “false gods,” but why would the psalmist be singing God's praises before them? The Septuagint translates the words as “angels,” the Syriac has “kings,” and in the Targum it is “judges.” Other versions have “divine beings,” “the powers in heaven,” “the mighty,” etc. Note also the use of this word in Psalms 82:1.

T4T Yahweh, I thank you with all my inner being.
⇔ I sing to praise you in front of the idols of false gods to ridicule/belittle them.

LEB • I give you thanks with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise.

BBE Of David.
⇔ I will give you praise with all my heart: I will make melody to you before the gods.

Moff A song of David.
⇔ With all of my heart I thank thee,
⇔ I sing thy praise in face of all the gods,
⇔ for thou hast listened to my cry;

JPS A Psalm of David. I will give Thee thanks with my whole heart, in the presence of the mighty will I sing praises unto Thee.

ASV A Psalm of David.
⇔ I will give thee thanks with my whole heart:
⇔ Before the gods will I sing praises unto thee.

DRA Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:

YLT By David. I confess Thee, with all my heart, Before the gods I do praise Thee.

Drby [A Psalm] of David.
⇔ I will give thee thanks with my whole heart; before the [fn]gods will I sing psalms of thee.

138.1 Elohim

RV A Psalm of David.
⇔ I will give thee thanks with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praises unto thee.

Wbstr A Psalm of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise to thee.

KJB-1769 A Psalm of David.
⇔ I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
(A Psalm of David.
⇔ I will praise thee/you with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee/you. )

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]A Psalme of Dauid. ¶ I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise vnto thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

138:1 Psal.119. 4.6.

Bshps Of Dauid. I wyll geue thankes vnto thee O God with my whole heart: I wyll sing psalmes vnto thee before the gods.
(Of David. I will give thanks unto thee/you O God with my whole heart: I will sing psalms unto thee/you before the gods.)

Gnva A Psalme of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: euen before the gods will I praise thee.
(A Psalm of David. I will praise thee/you with my whole heart: even before the gods will I praise thee/you. )

Cvdl I wil geue thakes vnto the (o LORDE) with my whole hert, euen before the goddes wil I synge prayses vnto the.
(I will give thanks unto the (o LORD) with my whole heart, even before the gods will I sing praises unto them.)

Wycl The `title of the hundrid and eiyte and thrittithe salm. `To victorie, the salm of Dauith. Lord, thou hast preued me, and hast knowe me;
(The `title of the hundred and eight and thrittithe psalm. `To victory, the psalm of Dauith. Lord, thou/you hast proved me, and hast know me;)

Luth Davids. Ich danke dir von ganzem Herzen; vor den Göttern will ich dir lobsingen.
(Davids. I danke you/to_you from ganzem hearts; before/in_front_of the gods will I you/to_you lobsingen.)

ClVg In finem, psalmus David. [Domine, probasti me, et cognovisti me;[fn]
(In finem, psalmus David. [Master, probasti me, and cognovisti me; )

138.1 In finem psalmus David. CASS. Psalmus profunditate mysteriorum plenus, etc., usque ad in prophetis velatus, in Evangelio manifestus. AUG. Loquitur totus Christus, tanquam unus et integer vir, etc., usque ad sicut duo in carne una. Domine, probasti me. CASS. Primo, de notitia Dei, etc., usque ad quarto, quomodo mali ei non noceant, ibi, Si occideris, Deus, etc. Domine, probasti. AUG. Jam in Jerusalem restitutus, etc., usque ad hæc est persona totius humanæ naturæ revertentis.

138.1 In finem psalmus David. CASS. Psalmus profunditate mysteriorum plenus, etc., until to in prophetis velatus, in Evangelio manifestus. AUG. Loquitur totus Christus, tanquam one and integer vir, etc., until to like two in carne una. Master, probasti me. CASS. Primo, about notitia of_God, etc., until to quarto, how mali to_him not/no noceant, ibi, When/But_if occideris, God, etc. Master, probasti. AUG. Yam in Yerusalem restitutus, etc., until to these_things it_is persona totius humanæ naturæ revertentis.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-poetry

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(Some words not found in UHB: of,David give_~_thanks,you in/on/at/with,all_of heart_of,my before ʼElohīm sing_~_praise,your )

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Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See also: figs-parallelism)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

I will give you thanks with my whole heart

(Some words not found in UHB: of,David give_~_thanks,you in/on/at/with,all_of heart_of,my before ʼElohīm sing_~_praise,your )

The heart here represents the emotions. Doing something sincerely or completely is spoken of as doing it with all one’s heart. Alternate translation: “I will sincerely thank you”

before the gods

(Some words not found in UHB: of,David give_~_thanks,you in/on/at/with,all_of heart_of,my before ʼElohīm sing_~_praise,your )

This could mean: (1) “in spite of the false idols that exist” or (2) “before the heavenly assembly,” which means “in the knowledge of the angels in heaven.”

Parallel PSA 138:1

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