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 give you thanks with my whole heart; before the gods I will sing praises to you.

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 bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your covenant faithfulness and for your trustworthiness. You have made your word and your name more important than anything else.

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

On the day that I called you, you answered me; you made me bold and strengthened 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 will give you thanks, Yahweh, for they will hear the words from your mouth.

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

Indeed, they will sing of the deeds of Yahweh, for great is the glory of Yahweh.

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

For though Yahweh is high, yet he cares for the lowly, but the proud he knows from far off.

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 in the middle of danger, you will preserve my life; you will reach out with your hand against the anger of my enemies, and your right hand will save 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 is with me to the end; your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, endures forever. Do not forsake the ones whom your hands have made.