Psalm 138:2
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Berean Study Bible
I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.

Young's Literal Translation
I bow myself toward Thy holy temple, And I confess Thy name, For Thy kindness, and for Thy truth, For Thou hast made great Thy saying above all Thy name.

King James Bible
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Hebrew
I will bow down
אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֨ה (’eš·ta·ḥă·weh)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate

toward
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Your holy
קָדְשְׁךָ֡ (qāḏ·šə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

temple
הֵיכַ֪ל (hê·ḵal)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1964: A large public building, palace, temple

and give thanks
וְא֘וֹדֶ֤ה (wə·’ō·w·ḏeh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's 3034: To throw, at, away, to revere, worship, to bemoan

to Your name
שְׁמֶ֗ךָ (šə·me·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

for
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Your loving devotion
חַסְדְּךָ֥ (ḥas·də·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

and
וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Your faithfulness;
אֲמִתֶּ֑ךָ (’ă·mit·te·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 571: Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness

You
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

have exalted
הִגְדַּ֥לְתָּ (hiḡ·dal·tā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1431: To grow up, become great

Your name
שִׁ֝מְךָ֗ (mə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

and Your word
אִמְרָתֶֽךָ׃ (’im·rā·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 565: Utterance, speech, word

above
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

all else.
כָּל־ (kā·lō·ši-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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