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Revised Standard Version

Psalms 138:7

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou dost preserve my life; thou dost stretch out thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, and thy right hand delivers me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Faith;   Thompson Chain Reference - Afflicted, Promises, Divine;   Afflictions;   Comfort;   Comfort-Misery;   God's;   Promises, Divine;   The Topic Concordance - Comfort;   Fear;   Guidance;   Salvation;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Humility;   Providence of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Meshach;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Providence;   Revive;  

Devotionals:

- Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for May 22;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
If I walk into the thick of danger,you will preserve my lifefrom the anger of my enemies.You will extend your hand;your right hand will save me.
Hebrew Names Version
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.
King James Version
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
English Standard Version
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.
New Century Version
Lord , even when I have trouble all around me, you will keep me alive. When my enemies are angry, you will reach down and save me by your power.
New English Translation
Even when I must walk in the midst of danger, you revive me. You oppose my angry enemies, and your right hand delivers me.
Amplified Bible
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me.
New American Standard Bible
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will reach out with Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me.
World English Bible
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Though I walke in the middes of trouble, yet wilt thou reuiue me: thou wilt stretch foorth thine hand vpon the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall saue me.
Legacy Standard Bible
Though I walk in the midst of distress, You will revive me;You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies,And Your right hand will save me.
Berean Standard Bible
If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You will extend Your hand, and Your right hand will save me.
Contemporary English Version
I am surrounded by trouble, but you protect me against my angry enemies. With your own powerful arm you keep me safe.
Complete Jewish Bible
You keep me alive when surrounded by danger; you put out your hand when my enemies rage; with your right hand you save me.
Darby Translation
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the anger of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
Easy-to-Read Version
If I am in trouble, you keep me alive. If my enemies are angry, you save me from them.
George Lamsa Translation
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt save me; thou shalt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
Good News Translation
When I am surrounded by troubles, you keep me safe. You oppose my angry enemies and save me by your power.
Lexham English Bible
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve me alive. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my enemies, and you save me with your right hand.
Literal Translation
If I walk in the midst of distress, You give me life; You send out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand delivers me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Though I walke i ye myddest of trouble, yet shalt thou refresh me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hade vpo the furiousnes of myne enemies, & yi righthande shal saue me.
American Standard Version
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; Thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, And thy right hand will save me.
Bible in Basic English
Even when trouble is round me, you will give me life; your hand will be stretched out against the wrath of my haters, and your right hand will be my salvation.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou quickenest me;
King James Version (1611)
Though I walke in the mids of trouble, thou wilt reuiue me, thou shalt stretch foorth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies: and thy right hand shall saue me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If I shall walke in the midst of trouble, thou wylt make me to liue: thou wylt stretche foorth thyne hande vpon the furiousnes of mine enemies, and thy right hande shall saue me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Though I should walk in the midst of affliction, thou wilt quicken me; thou hast stretched forth thine hands against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand has saved me.
English Revised Version
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If Y schal go in the myddil of tribulacioun, thou schalt quikene me; and thou stretchidist forth thin hond on the ire of myn enemyes, and thi riyt hond made me saaf.
Update Bible Version
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will revive me; You will stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And your right hand will save me.
Webster's Bible Translation
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, and thy right hand will save me.
New King James Version
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch out Your hand Against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me.
New Living Translation
Though I am surrounded by troubles, you will protect me from the anger of my enemies. You reach out your hand, and the power of your right hand saves me.
New Life Bible
Even if I walk into trouble, You will keep my life safe. You will put out Your hand against the anger of those who hate me. And Your right hand will save me.
New Revised Standard
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve me against the wrath of my enemies; you stretch out your hand, and your right hand delivers me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Though I walk in the midst of distress, thou wilt give me life, - Because of the anger of my foes, thou wilt thrust forth thy hand, and thy right hand, will save me:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(137-7) If I shall walk in the midst of tribulation, thou wilt quicken me: and thou hast stretched forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies: and thy right hand hath saved me.
Young's Literal Translation
If I walk in the midst of distress Thou quickenest me, Against the anger of mine enemies Thou sendest forth Thy hand, And Thy right hand doth save me.
THE MESSAGE
When I walk into the thick of trouble, keep me alive in the angry turmoil. With one hand strike my foes, With your other hand save me. Finish what you started in me, God . Your love is eternal—don't quit on me now.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me.

Contextual Overview

6 For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly; but the haughty he knows from afar. 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou dost preserve my life; thou dost stretch out thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, and thy right hand delivers me. 8 The LORD will fulfil his purpose for me; thy steadfast love, O LORD, endures for ever. Do not forsake the work of thy hands.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Though I walk: Psalms 23:3, Psalms 23:4, Psalms 41:7, Psalms 41:8, Psalms 66:10-12, Job 13:15, Job 19:25, Job 19:26, Isaiah 57:16

thou wilt: Psalms 71:20, Psalms 71:21, Psalms 85:6, Psalms 119:49, Psalms 119:50

thou shalt stretch: Psalms 35:1-3, Psalms 56:1, Psalms 56:2, Psalms 56:9, Psalms 64:7, Psalms 64:8, Psalms 77:10, Psalms 144:1, Psalms 144:2, Isaiah 5:25, Isaiah 9:12, Isaiah 9:17, Isaiah 9:21, Isaiah 10:4, Micah 7:8-10

and thy right: Psalms 17:7, Psalms 18:35, Psalms 44:3, Psalms 44:5-7, Psalms 60:5, Isaiah 41:10, Acts 2:33

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:9 - for I 1 Samuel 17:37 - The Lord 1 Kings 1:29 - hath Ezra 9:8 - reviving Psalms 20:1 - hear Psalms 25:10 - the paths Psalms 25:19 - Consider Psalms 27:5 - For in Psalms 59:16 - day Psalms 91:15 - I will be Psalms 143:11 - Quicken Jeremiah 14:8 - in time Hosea 14:7 - revive Habakkuk 3:2 - O Lord Matthew 14:31 - stretched 1 Peter 5:10 - strengthen

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Though I walk in the midst of trouble,.... Trouble attends the best of men; both outward and inward trouble, from sin, Satan, and the world; yea, they are in the midst of it, surrounded with it; and it is a way in which they walk through this world, and enter the kingdom of heaven; it is continued unto them; it is a long walk, and yet will have an end; see Psalms 23:4;

thou wilt revive me; preserve his life amidst all his troubles, support him under them, make him cheerful and fearless; revive his work of grace in him, quicken him to the lively exercise of grace, and fervent discharge of duty: this the Lord does by his gracious presence, by the discoveries of his love, and by the application of precious promises;

thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies; to stop and restrain it; which he can easily do, when most violent and outrageous, Psalms 76:10. Or, "against the nose of mine enemies" w; strike them on the nose, as men do unruly horses to stop them: or give a slap on their face with the left hand, as Arama observes, the right being after mentioned;

and thy right hand shall save me; for that has saving strength in it,

Psalms 20:6. This may be understood of Christ, who is not only the man of his right hand, but is the right hand of his righteousness; by whom he saves his people with a spiritual and eternal salvation, as well as with a temporal one, Isaiah 41:10.

w על אף איבי "super nasum inimicorum meorum", Montanus, Tigurine version; so Gussetius; "in faciem", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Though I walk in the midst of trouble - Though I am in the low vale of sorrow, I shall not be overlooked or forgotten. This implies that the writer was then in trouble, and it expresses the conviction that whenever he should be in trouble God would remember him, and give him life and strength.

Thou wilt revive me - Thou wilt cause me to live; thou wilt give me life. Psalms 30:3. Compare the notes at Psalms 71:20. The meaning is, Thou wilt give me life - vigor - strength - to bear the trouble.

Thou shalt stretch forth thine hand - As one does when he is about to inflict a blow.

Against the wrath of mine enemies ... - In reference to all their attempts to destroy me. Thou wilt meet their wrath by thy power, and I shall be safe.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 138:7. Though I walk in the midst of trouble — I have had such experience of thy mercy, that let me fall into whatsoever trouble I may, yet I will trust in thee. Thou wilt quicken me, though I were ready to die; and thou wilt deliver me from the wrath of my enemies.


 
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