Psalms 138:6

“Though the Lord [be] high, etc.] Above all the earth, and all the nations of it, and the highest of men in it; above the heavens, and the angels there, who are his creatures and at his command; above all the blessings and praises of his saints: the perfect knowledge of him is so high as not to be attained; and his thoughts and ways are higher than ours, as the heavens are higher than the earth; he is indeed the most High, higher than the highest; (see <19B304>Psalm 113:4,5). According to Arama, here begins the song, “the kings of the earth shall sing in the ways of the Lord?” yet hath he respect unto the lowly; for good, as the Targum; that are low in their own eyes, humbled under a sense of…”

“Though the Lord be high - This might be rendered “For lofty is Yahweh - and the humble he sees - and the proud he knows from afar.” The idea is, that God - so high and exalted - sees and knows all of every rank among people. The mind of the psalmist had been impressed with a sense of the greatness and majesty of God, but (as if it might be said that one so great could not regard man, so humble and insignificant) he adds, that the fact of God’s exaltation does not prevent his noticing the affairs of people: that the lowly in life need not fear lest they should be overlooked; the proud need not hope that they will escape the notice of his eye. Yet hath he respect unto the lowly - Those in…”

“138:6-8 The exalted God takes care of the humble (138:6), especially his servant the psalmist (138:7-8). 138:6 God’s holiness and excellence are great, beyond the scope of humanity (see 99:2; 113:4; Isa 6:1; 57:15).”

“Though: Psa 51:17, Psa 113:5, Psa 113:6; Sa1 2:7, Sa1 2:8; Pro 3:34; Isa 57:15, Isa 66:2; Luk 1:51-53; Luk 14:11, Luk 18:14; Jam 4:6; Pe1 5:5, Pe1 5:6 but the proud: Exo 18:11; Job 40:11, Job 40:12; Isa 2:11, Isa 2:17; Eze 28:2-9; Dan 4:37, Dan 5:20-24; Act 12:22, Act 12:23 afar off: Psa 139:2; Mat 25:41; Th2 1:9 Psalms 138:7”