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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 138:8
The LORD will perfect [that which] concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, [endureth] for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
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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.
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.
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.
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!
Surrounding context — Psalm 138
5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great [is] the glory of the LORD.
6 Though the LORD [be] high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
7 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.
8 The LORD will perfect [that which] concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, [endureth] for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
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Original-language word links
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יְהוָה֮H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDיִגְמֹ֪רH1584 · ga.marto ceaseבַּ֫עֲדִ֥יH1157 · be.adabout/through/forיְ֭הוָהH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDחַסְדְּךָ֣H2617 · che.sedkindnessלְעוֹלָ֑םH5769 · o.lamforever: enduringמַעֲשֵׂ֖יH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workיָדֶ֣יךָH3027 · yadhandאַל־H408 · alnotתֶּֽרֶף׃H7503 · ra.phahto slacken
Cross-references
Philippians 1:6Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:Psalm 57:2I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth [all things] for me.1 Thessalonians 5:24Faithful [is] he that calleth you, who also will do [it].Isaiah 26:12LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.Psalm 136:1O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.Psalm 103:17But the mercy of the LORD [is] from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;Jeremiah 32:39-40And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:1 Peter 4:19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls [to him] in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.Psalm 71:17-18O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.Isaiah 43:21This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.Psalm 100:5For the LORD [is] good; his mercy [is] everlasting; and his truth [endureth] to all generations.Romans 8:28-30And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.Psalm 71:6-9By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise [shall be] continually of thee.1 Peter 1:3-5Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,Isaiah 42:16And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.Psalm 100:3Know ye that the LORD he [is] God: [it is] he [that] hath made us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his people, and the sheep of his pasture.John 15:2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.Romans 5:10For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
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