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Psalm 137 (138) Brenton's English Septuagint

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About Brenton
  • Individual translator
  • OT: Septuagint (Greek)
  • Septuagint Old Testament (no New Testament)
  • Formal (word for word)
  • 1844
  • Public domain

Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 138 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (3)

Psalm 137 in Brenton = Psalm 138 in WEB.

Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 A Psalm for David, of Aggæus and Zacharias. I will give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; and I will sing psalms to thee before the angels; for thou hast heard all the words of my mouth.
138:1 By David. I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.
2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and give thanks to thy name, on account of thy mercy and thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy holy name above every thing.
138:2 I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.
3 In whatsoever day I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily; thou shalt abundantly provide me with thy power in my soul.
138:3 In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.
4 Let all the kings of the earth, O Lord, give thanks unto thee; for they have heard all the words of thy mouth.
138:4 All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh, for they have heard the words of your mouth.
5 And let them sing in the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.
138:5 Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, for Yahweh’s glory is great!
6 For the Lord is high, and [yet] regards the lowly; and he knows high things from afar off.
138:6 For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.
7 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.
138:7 Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.
8 O Lord, thou shalt recompense [them] on my behalf: thy mercy, O Lord, [endures] for ever: overlook not the works of thine hands.
138:8 Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.
Cross references (8)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in Brenton.

  1. 1 Psalm 111:1; Psalm 95:3; 1 Corinthians 14:15; Psalm 86:12–13; Psalm 96:4
  2. 2 Matthew 5:18; Psalm 56:10; Isaiah 42:21; Matthew 24:35; Psalm 56:4
  3. 3 1 Peter 5:10; Psalm 18:6; Psalm 34:4–6; Isaiah 40:29–31; Zechariah 10:12
  4. 4 Psalm 102:15; Psalm 72:11; Psalm 22:22; Psalm 22:27; Psalm 102:22
  5. 5 Revelation 4:11; Psalm 21:5; Revelation 7:12; Malachi 1:11; Exodus 15:11
  6. 6 Psalm 113:5–6; Isaiah 57:15; 1 Samuel 2:7–8; Proverbs 3:34; James 4:6
  7. 7 Isaiah 41:10; Psalm 23:3–4; Psalm 71:20–21; Psalm 85:6; Acts 2:33
  8. 8 Philippians 1:6; Psalm 57:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; Isaiah 26:12; Psalm 136:1

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 138.

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm CXXXVII)

    But to-day we have sung, "By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered Sion" (ver. 1).... 2. Observe "the waters of Babylon." "The waters of Babylon" are all things which here are loved, and pass away.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)