Psalms 138

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

“A psalm of David.” I will praise thee with my whole heart; Before the gods will I sing praise to thee;

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 will worship toward thy holy temple, And praise thy name for thy goodness and thy truth; For thy promise thou hast magnified above all thy name!

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

In the day when I called, thou didst hear me; Thou didst strengthen me, and encourage my soul.

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

All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD! When they hear the promises of thy mouth!

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

Yea, they shall sing of the ways of the LORD; For great is the glory of the LORD.

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

The LORD is high, yet he looketh upon the humble, And the proud doth he know 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.

Though I walk through the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; Thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies; Thou wilt save me by thy right hand!

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

The LORD will perform all things for me; Thy goodness, O LORD! endureth ever: Forsake not the works of thine hands!