Psalms 138

1 I will praise you with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise to you.

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

2 I will worship toward your holy temple, and praise your name for your loving kindness and for your truth: for you have magnified your word above all your name.

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.

3 In the day when I cried you answered me, and strengthened me with strength in my soul.

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

4 All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O LORD, when they hear the words of your mouth.

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

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

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

6 Though the LORD be high, yet has he respect to the lowly: but the proud he knows afar off.

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

7 Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me: you shall stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand shall save me.

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.

8 The LORD will perfect that which concerns me: your mercy, O LORD, endures for ever: forsake not the works of your own hands.

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