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Psalms 138:1

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

I will praise thee with my whole heart (comp. Psalms 9:1; Psalms 111:1). Before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. Some suppose the expression, "before the gods," to mean "before the great ones of the earth," and quote Psalms 119:46 as parallel.

Others think that the imaginary vain gods of the heathen are intended.

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