Psalms 138

1 “By David.” I will praise thee with my whole heart: before [thee], O God, will I sing praise unto thee.

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

2 I will bow myself down before thy holy temple, and I will thank thy name for thy kindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified above all thy name thy promise.

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 when I called didst thou answer me, and raise me up with strength in 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 thanks unto thee, O Lord, when they hear the promises of thy mouth.

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

5 And they will sing on the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.

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

6 For exalted is the Lord, yet doth he regard the lowly; but the proud he punisheth from afar.

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

7 If I should walk in the midst of distress, thou wilt revive me: against the wrath of my enemies wilt thou stretch forth thy hand, and thy right hand will save 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 accomplish [all] in my behalf; O Lord, thy kindness endureth for ever: the works of thy own hands do not abandon.

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