Psalm 138:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: Forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, endure forever–forsake not the works of Your own hands. [Ps. 57:2; Phil. 1:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, endureth for ever; Forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Common English Bible

⁸ The LORD will do all this for my sake. Your faithful love lasts forever, LORD! Don’t let go of what your hands have made.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ If I ascend into heaven, you are there. If I descend into Hell, you are near.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.

Psalm 138:8 Cross References

Job 10:3

Does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

Job 10:8

Your hands fashioned and made me, and now you turn and destroy me.

Job 14:15

You would call, and I would answer you; you would long for the work of your hands.

Psalm 100:3

Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

Psalm 100:5

For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever and his faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 103:17

But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children,

Psalm 136:1

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

Psalm 57:2

I cry to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.

Psalm 57:3

He will send from heaven and save me; he will put to shame those who trample on me. Selah God will send forth his steadfast love and his faithfulness.

Isaiah 26:12

O Lord, may you ordain peace for us, for indeed, all that we have done, you have done for us.

Isaiah 42:16

I will lead the blind by a road they do not know; by paths they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, and I will not forsake them.

Isaiah 43:21

the people whom I formed for myself so that they might declare my praise.

John 15:2

He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit.

Romans 5:10

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.

Philippians 1:6

I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:24

The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do this.

1 Peter 4:19

Therefore, let those suffering in accordance with God’s will entrust their lives to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good.

Jude 1:1

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, who are beloved in God the Father and kept safe for Jesus Christ: