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Psalms 138:2

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 138:2

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

I will worship toward thy holy temple. The term "temple" here must designate the tabernacle (comp. ). And praise thy Name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth. "Mercy" and "truth" are God's two highest attributes ().

They were especially shown to Israel in God's promises and his fidelity to them. For thou hast magnified thy Word above all thy Name. Some would amend the text, and read אמתךָ, "thy truth," for, אמרתךָ "thy Word."

But if we keep the text, and understand אמרתךָ as "thy promises," the sense will not be very different. God has magnified his promise, and his faithfulness to it, above all his other revealed attributes.

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