Psalms 138

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

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 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 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 In the day when I cried you answered me, and strengthened 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 praise you, O LORD, when they hear the words of your 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 in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.

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

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

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, you will revive me: you shall stretch forth your hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and your right hand shall 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 The LORD will perfect that which concerns me: your mercy, O LORD, endures for ever: forsake not the works of your 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.