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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.
Psalms 138:7 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB 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.
  • BSB 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.
  • NKJV 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.
  • NASB ¶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.
  • NLT 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.

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Quick answer

Even amid trouble God revives David and saves him from his enemies' wrath.

Overview

David expresses confidence that God will preserve him in the midst of danger and stretch out His hand against his foes. His trust rests not in his own strength but in God's saving right hand. This deliverance in trouble foreshadows the salvation Christ secures, who brings His people safely through every trial.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 30

  • Isa 41:10Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
  • Ps 23:3–4He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
  • Ps 71:20–21Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
  • Ps 85:6Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
  • Acts 2:33Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
  • Isa 5:25Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Mic 7:8–10Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
  • Ps 144:1–2Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
  • Job 13:15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
  • Isa 10:4Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Job 19:25–26For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
  • Ps 119:49–50Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
  • Ps 66:10–12For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
  • Ps 44:5–7Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
  • Ps 17:7Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
  • Ps 60:5That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
  • Jer 51:25Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
  • Ps 18:35Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
  • Ps 44:3For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
  • Ps 64:7–8But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
  • Ps 35:1–3Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
  • Ps 41:7–8All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
  • Ps 56:9When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
  • Ps 20:6Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
  • Ps 77:10And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
  • Ps 56:1–2Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
  • Isa 9:17Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Isa 9:21Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Isa 9:12The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Isa 57:16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 138:7 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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