Psalms 138

1 I will give thee thanks with my whole heart. I will sing praises to thee before the gods.

BY DAVID. I confess You with all my heart, I praise You before the gods.

2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and give thanks to thy name for thy loving kindness and for thy truth. For thou have magnified thy word above all thy name.

I bow myself toward Your holy temple, And I confess Your Name, For Your kindness, and for Your truth, For You have made Your saying great above all Your Name.

3 Thou answered me in the day that I called. Thou encouraged me with strength in my soul.

In the day I called, when You answer me, You strengthen me in my soul [with] strength.

4 All the kings of the earth shall give thee thanks, O Jehovah, for they have heard the words of thy mouth.

O YHWH, all kings of earth confess You, When they have heard the sayings of Your mouth.

5 Yea, they shall sing of the ways of Jehovah, for great is the glory of Jehovah.

And they sing in the ways of YHWH, For the glory of YHWH [is] great.

6 For though Jehovah is high, yet he has respect to the lowly. But he knows the haughty from afar.

For YHWH [is] high, and He sees the lowly, And He knows the haughty from afar.

7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou will revive me. Thou will stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, and thy right hand will save me.

If I walk in the midst of distress You quicken me, You send forth Your hand against the anger of my enemies, And Your right hand saves me.

8 Jehovah will perfect that which concerns me. Thy loving kindness, O Jehovah, is forever. Forsake not the works of thine own hands.

YHWH perfects for me, O YHWH, Your kindness [is] for all time, Do not let the works of Your hands fall!