Read
Psalm 138:7
Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.
5Yes, they will sing of the ways of the LORD, for the LORD’s glory is great!
6For though the LORD is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.
7Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.
8The LORD will fulfill that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, LORD, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.
Notice
The words “in the middle of trouble” locate the psalmist’s confidence inside danger, where enemies remain angry and his life depends on God’s saving hand.
Questions to write on. Each one opens a new entry with this verse already attached.
What trouble feels like something you are walking through, with no clear end in sight?
Write on thisHow does the plea for revival shape what you want to ask God for within that trouble?
Write on thisConnect
Where else Scripture says this
12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.
This verse's connections, by chapterThe Bible's strongest chapter linksHover or tap a book to trace it
Psalm 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.Both describe walking through danger while speaking to God with confidence in his care.
1 Peter 5:10But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and …Both connect suffering with God’s sustaining work: the psalm anticipates revival, and Peter prays for strength and stability after suffering.
Isaiah 41:10Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the …Both name God’s right hand as the source of help when his people face fear or trouble.
Psalm 23:3–4He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.God’s restoration of the soul shares the thread of renewed life with the psalmist’s confidence that God will revive him.
Psalm 27:5For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.Both express confidence in God’s protection during trouble, using images of shelter and a saving hand.
Psalm 71:20–21You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.Both speak to God about troubles and express confidence that he will preserve or renew life.
Acts 2:33Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you now see …Both name God’s right hand, though the psalm concerns rescue from enemies and Acts describes Jesus’ exaltation.
Isaiah 5:25Therefore the LORD’s anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead …Both describe God stretching out his hand against someone: the psalmist’s enemies in one, God’s own people in the other.
Micah 7:8–10Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.Both speakers face enemies with confidence in God’s help, whether through revival amid trouble or light in darkness.
Isaiah 10:4They will only bow down under the prisoners, and will fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.Both describe God’s outstretched hand, though the psalm anticipates rescue and Isaiah depicts judgment involving captivity and death.
Job 19:25–26But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.The psalmist expects God to save him; Job declares that his Redeemer lives and will stand upon the earth.
Job 13:15Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.Both speak of God amid danger, but Job voices hopelessness where the psalmist expresses confidence that God will save him.
Where this verse fits
Fear for the future. injustice and anger. anxiety or panic.
One step
Something small to carry out of this verse
Encouragement
The psalmist speaks with confidence while danger remains. His words set no timetable for relief; his hope rests in God’s power to revive him and withstand his enemies’ wrath.
Now put it in your words.
Start an entry on Psalm 138:7. Write what it stirs. Psalmlog sets your words beside Scripture and gives you one next step. Your first entry is free, no account needed.
Keep goingPsalm 138 · the whole chapter with its connection mapPsalms · every chapterBuild a reading plan through Psalms
Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).