Psalms 138

1 By David. I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.

A Psalm of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise to thee.

2 I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

3 In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.

In the day when I cried thou didst answer me, and strengthen me with strength in my soul.

4 All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, LORD, for they have heard the words of your mouth.

All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.

5 Yes, they will sing of the ways of the LORD, for the LORD’s glory is great!

Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.

6 For though the LORD is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.

Though the LORD is high, yet hath he respect to the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

7 Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

8 The LORD will fulfill that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the works of your own hands.

The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thy own hands.