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Of David.לְדָוִדI will give you thanksאוֹדְךָwith allבְכָלmy heart;לִבִּיbeforeנֶגֶדthe godsאֱלֹהִיםI will sing psalms to you.אֲזַמְּרֶךָּ
Psalms 138:1
Study it in the app“Of David. I will give you thanks with all my heart; before the gods I will sing psalms to you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 138:1, word by word
- Of Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- I will give you thanksאוֹדְod
give thanks
To thank YHWH and praise him aloud for what he did.
Where else “od” appears- my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- beforeנֶגֶדneged
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appears- the godsאֱלֹהִיםelohim
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appears- I will sing psalms to youאֲזַמְּרֶazamre
sing praise, make music
Sing praise: sing or play a stringed instrument in praise. The word for "psalm" comes from it.
Where else “azamre” appears
Translation note
“Before the gods”: the Hebrew word (elohim) can be understood as what the nations worshiped as gods or as the mighty ones of the earth, like the kings of verse 4.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2I will bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your loyal love and for your faithfulness, for you have magnified above all your name your saying.