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Psalm 138

Psa. 138:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
will perfect
gamar (Hebrew #1584)
to end (in the sense of completion or failure)
KJV usage: cease, come to an end, fail, perfect, perform.
Pronounce: gaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
d that which concerneth me: thy mercy
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, endureth for ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
: forsake
raphah (Hebrew #7503)
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See 7495.
Pronounce: raw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
not the works
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
of thine own hands
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
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Phil. 1:6• 6having confidence of this very thing, that he who has begun in you a good work will complete it unto Jesus Christ's day: (Phil. 1:6)
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1 Thess. 5:24• 24He is faithful who calls you, who will also perform it. (1 Thess. 5:24)

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Psa. 57:2• 2I will call unto God, the Most High; unto *God that performeth all for me. (Psa. 57:2)
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Isa. 26:12• 12Jehovah, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for thou also hast wrought all our works for us. (Isa. 26:12)
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Jer. 32:39‑40• 39And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all their days, for the good of them, and of their children after them.
 40And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not draw back from them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their heart, that they may not turn aside from me. (Jer. 32:39‑40)
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John 15:2• 2As to every branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away; and as to every one bearing fruit, he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit. (John 15:2)
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Rom. 5:10• 10For if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much rather, having been reconciled, we shall be saved in the power of his life. (Rom. 5:10)
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Rom. 8:28‑30• 28But we *do* know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to purpose.
 29Because whom he has foreknown, he has also predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brethren.
 30But whom he has predestinated, these also he has called; and whom he has called, these also he has justified; but whom he has justified, these also he has glorified. (Rom. 8:28‑30)
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Phil. 1:6• 6having confidence of this very thing, that he who has begun in you a good work will complete it unto Jesus Christ's day: (Phil. 1:6)
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1 Thess. 5:24• 24He is faithful who calls you, who will also perform it. (1 Thess. 5:24)
thy mercy.
Psa. 100:5• 5For Jehovah is good; his loving-kindness endureth for ever; and his faithfulness from generation to generation. (Psa. 100:5)
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Psa. 103:17• 17But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children, (Psa. 103:17)
forsake.
Psa. 71:6‑9,17‑18• 6On thee have I been stayed from the womb; from the bowels of my mother thou didst draw me forth: my praise shall be continually of thee.
 7I have been as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
 8My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, with thy glory, all the day.
 9Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
 17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth, and hitherto have I proclaimed thy marvellous works:
 18Now also, when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not, until I have proclaimed thine arm unto this generation, thy might to every one that is to come. (Psa. 71:6‑9,17‑18)
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Job 10:3,8• 3Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
 8Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one, round about; yet dost thou swallow me up! (Job 10:3,8)
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Job 14:15• 15Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands. (Job 14:15)
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Isa. 42:16• 16And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not, in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. (Isa. 42:16)
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Isa. 43:21• 21This people have I formed for myself: they shall shew forth my praise. (Isa. 43:21)
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1 Peter 1:3‑5• 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,
 4to an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance, reserved in the heavens for you,
 5who are kept guarded by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (1 Peter 1:3‑5)
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1 Peter 4:19• 19Wherefore also let them who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing to a faithful Creator. (1 Peter 4:19)
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Jude 1• 1Jude, bondman of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called ones beloved in God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ: (Jude 1)
• In the end the Lord will perfect that which concerns the godly. The trouble will pass, the enemies will be judged, and the godly will be blessed, for the mercy of the Lord endures forever, and the Lord cannot forsake His own. (“Psalms 138” by H. Smith)
• God will perfect what concerns us, make good in blessing in and to us all that was in His heart, and which He had revealed in His word, in relationship and communion with Himself. Over all, through all difficulties, and, beyond all, His mercy endureth forever. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 135-138” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah will perfect what concerneth me: thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, endureth for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands.