Psalms 138

1 [A Psalm] of David. I will give thee thanks with my whole heart; before the gods will I sing psalms of thee.

BY DAVID. I confess You with all my heart, I praise You before the gods.

2 I will bow down toward the temple of thy holiness, and celebrate thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

I bow myself toward Your holy temple, And I confess Your Name, For Your kindness, and for Your truth, For You have made Your saying great above all Your Name.

3 In the day when I called thou answeredst me; thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul.

In the day I called, when You answer me, You strengthen me in my soul [with] strength.

4 All the kings of the earth shall celebrate thee, Jehovah, when they have heard the words of thy mouth;

O YHWH, all kings of earth confess You, When they have heard the sayings of Your mouth.

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

And they sing in the ways of YHWH, For the glory of YHWH [is] great.

6 For Jehovah is high; but he looketh upon the lowly, and the proud he knoweth afar off.

For YHWH [is] high, and He sees the lowly, And He knows the haughty from afar.

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

If I walk in the midst of distress You quicken me, You send forth Your hand against the anger of my enemies, And Your right hand saves me.

8 Jehovah will perfect what concerneth me: thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, [endureth] for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands.

YHWH perfects for me, O YHWH, Your kindness [is] for all time, Do not let the works of Your hands fall!