Psalms 138

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

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

2 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.

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

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

4 O YHWH, all kings of earth confess You, When they have heard the sayings 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 And they sing in the ways of YHWH, For the glory of YHWH [is] great.

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

6 For YHWH [is] high, and He sees the lowly, And He knows the haughty 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 distress You quicken me, You send forth Your hand against the anger of my enemies, 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 YHWH perfects for me, O YHWH, Your kindness [is] for all time, Do not let the works of Your hands fall!

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