Psalms 138

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

Of David. I will thank you, O Lord, with all my heart: in the sight of the gods I will sing your praise,

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.

and prostrate before your holy temple, will praise your name for your constant love, for you have exulted your promise above all.

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

When I called you, you answered; you gave me strength, you inspired me.

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 you, O Lord, when they shall have heard the words you have uttered;

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

and they shall sing of the ways of the Lord, and tell of the Lord’s transcendent glory.

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

For, high though the Lord is, he looks on the lowly, and strikes down the haughty from far away.

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 my way be distressful, yet you preserve me: you lay your hand on my angry foes, and your right hand gives me victory.

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 accomplish all that which concerns me. Your kindness, O Lord, endures forever. O do not abandon the work of your hands.