Psalms 138

1 Of David. I give You thanks with all my heart; before the gods I sing Your praises.

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

2 I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.

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.

3 On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.

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

4 All the kings of the earth will give You thanks, O LORD, when they hear the words of Your mouth.

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

5 They will sing of the ways of the LORD, for the glory of the LORD is great.

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

6 Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

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

7 If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.

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.

8 The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever— do not abandon the works of Your hands.

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