11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 138:8
Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.
Psalm 138:8 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.
- KJV King James Version
- The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever— do not abandon the works of Your hands.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, endureth for ever; Forsake not the works of thine own hands.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- YHWH perfects for me, || O YHWH, Your kindness [is] for all time, || Do not let the works of Your hands fall!
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The Lord vindicates me! Lord, your trustworthy love lasts forever! Don't give up on what you have made!
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Jehovah doth perfect for me, O Jehovah, Thy kindness [is] to the age, The works of Thy hands let not fall!
- DBY Darby Translation
- Jehovah will perfect what concerneth me: thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, [endureth] for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works thy own hands.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- The LORD will fulfill that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, LORD, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 137:8 in this edition
- The Lord will repay for me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: O despise not the work of thy hands.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוָה֮ | Yah·weh | The LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| יִגְמֹ֪ר | yiḡ·mōr | will fulfill | H1584 גָּמַר to cease |
| בַּ֫עֲדִ֥י | ba·‘ă·ḏî | [His purpose] for me | H1157 בַּ֫עַד about/through/for |
| יְ֭הוָה | Yah·weh | O LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| חַסְדְּךָ֣ | ḥas·də·ḵā | Your loving devotion | H2617 חֶ֫סֶד kindness |
| לְעוֹלָ֑ם | lə·‘ō·w·lām | endures forever | H5769 עוֹלָם forever: enduring |
| מַעֲשֵׂ֖י | ma·‘ă·śê | the works | H4639 מַעֲשֶׂה deed: work |
| יָדֶ֣יךָ | yā·ḏe·ḵā | of Your hands | H3027 יָד hand |
| אַל־ | ’al- | do not | H408 אַל not |
| תֶּֽרֶף׃ | te·rep̄ | abandon | H7503 רָפָה to slacken |
Related verses
- Philippians 1:6
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
- Psalm 57:2
I cry out to God Most High, to God who accomplishes my requests for me.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:24
He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.
- Isaiah 26:12
Yahweh, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us.
- Psalm 136:1
Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever.
- Psalm 103:17
But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children;
- Jeremiah 32:39–40
I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and the good of their children after them. I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good. I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.
- 1 Peter 4:19
Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.
- Psalm 71:17–18
God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works. Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.
- Psalm 100:5
For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
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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