< Psalms 138 >

1 I will give thee thanks with my whole heart. I will sing praises to thee before the gods.
Yahweh, I thank you with all my inner being. I sing to praise you in front of [the idols of false] gods [to ridicule/belittle them].
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 down while I look towards your sacred temple, and I thank you [MTY] because you faithfully love [us] and faithfully do all that you have promised. You have shown that both you [MTY] and what you have promised to do are greater than anything else.
3 Thou answered me in the day that I called. Thou encouraged me with strength in my soul.
On the day when I called out to you, you answered me; you enabled me to be strong and brave.
4 All the kings of the earth shall give thee thanks, O Jehovah, for they have heard the words of thy mouth.
Yahweh, [some day] all the kings of this earth will praise you, because they will have heard what you have said.
5 Yea, they shall sing of the ways of Jehovah, for great is the glory of Jehovah.
They will sing about what you have done; they will sing and say that you are very great.
6 For though Jehovah is high, yet he has respect to the lowly. But he knows the haughty from afar.
Yahweh, you are supreme, but you take care of people [who are considered to be] unimportant. And you know what proud people [are doing], even though they are far away [from you and think that you do not see them].
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.
When I am in the midst of [many] troubles/difficulties, you save/rescue me. With your hand/power [MTY] you rescue me from my enemies who are angry at me.
8 Jehovah will perfect that which concerns me. Thy loving kindness, O Jehovah, is forever. Forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Yahweh, you will do for me everything that you promised; you faithfully love [us] forever. Finish what you started to do [for us, your Israeli people.]

< Psalms 138 >