11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 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.
Psalm 138:7 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- KJV 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
- ASV 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.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- If I walk in the midst of distress You quicken me, || You send forth Your hand against the anger of my enemies, || And Your right hand saves me.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Even though I walk into a great deal of trouble, you protect me. You reach out to defend me from the anger of those who hate me—your strong hand saves me.
- YLT 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.
- DBY 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.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- 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.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- 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.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 137:7 in this edition
- 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.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| אִם־ | ’im- | If | H518 אִם if |
| אֵלֵ֤ךְ׀ | ’ê·lêḵ | I walk | H1980 הָלַךְ to go: went |
| בְּקֶ֥רֶב | bə·qe·reḇ | in the midst | H7130 קֶ֫רֶב entrails: among |
| צָרָ֗ה | ṣā·rāh | of trouble | H6869 בַּצָּרָה dearth |
| תְּחַ֫יֵּ֥נִי | tə·ḥay·yê·nî | You preserve me | H2421 חָיָה to live |
| עַ֤ל | ‘al | from | H5921 עַל upon |
| אַ֣ף | ’ap̄ | the anger | H639 אַף face: anger |
| אֹ֭יְבַי | ’ō·yə·ḇay | of my foes | H341 אֹיֵב enemy |
| תִּשְׁלַ֣ח | tiš·laḥ | You extend | H7971 שָׁלַח to send: depart |
| יָדֶ֑ךָ | yā·ḏe·ḵā | Your hand | H3027 יָד hand |
| וְת֖וֹשִׁיעֵ֣נִי | wə·ṯō·wō·šî·‘ê·nî | saves me | H3467 יָשַׁע to save |
| יְמִינֶֽךָ׃ | yə·mî·ne·ḵā | and Your right hand | H3225 יָמִין right |
Related verses
- Isaiah 41:10
Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Psalm 23:3–4
He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
- Psalm 71:20–21
You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth. Increase my honor, and comfort me again.
- Psalm 85:6
Won’t you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?
- Isaiah 5:25
Therefore Yahweh’s anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them, and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the middle of the streets. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.
- Acts 2:33
Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.
- Micah 7:8–10
Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me. I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light. I will see his righteousness. Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, where is Yahweh your God? Then my enemy will see me and will cover her shame. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.
- Psalm 144:1–2
Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle: my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me.
- Job 13:15
Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
- Job 19:25–26
But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth. After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God,
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
5 Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh; for great is Yahweh’s glory.
6 For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar.
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 Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.
Read all of Psalm 138 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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