John Trapp on Psalms 138:1

PSAL. CXXXVIII.

VErſ. 1 I will praiſe thee with my whole heart] Which no Hypocrite can do; though hee may pray in diſtreſs from the bottom of his heart. A gratefull manis a gracious man, viz. if hee come with a true heart, as the Apoſtle hath it, Heb. 10.22.Aben-Ezra.

Before the Gods will I ſing praiſe unto thee] That is, before Angels, who are preſent in holy aſſemblies, 1 Cor. 11.10. (as was repreſented by thoſe Cherubines pictured in the Temple) as alſo before Princes and Potentates; ſee verſ. 4.Kimchi.