Psalm 138:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

Young's Literal Translation
For high [is] Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth.

King James Bible
Though the LORD [be] high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

Hebrew
Though
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the LORD
יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

is on high,
רָ֣ם (rām)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise

He attends
יִרְאֶ֑ה (yir·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

to the lowly;
וְשָׁפָ֣ל (wə·šā·p̄āl)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 8217: Depressed

but the proud
וְ֝גָבֹ֗הַּ (wə·ḡā·ḇō·ah)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1364: Elevated, powerful, arrogant

He knows
יְיֵדָֽע׃ (yə·yê·ḏā‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

from afar.
מִמֶּרְחָ֥ק (mim·mer·ḥāq)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4801: Remoteness, a distant place, from afar

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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