Psalms 138

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

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

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

In the day when I called thou answeredst me; thou didst encourage 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 celebrate thee, Jehovah, when they have heard the words of thy mouth;

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

And they shall sing in 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 Jehovah is high; but he looketh upon the lowly, and the proud he knoweth afar off.

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 wilt revive me: thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the anger of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall 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 what concerneth me: thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, [endureth] for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands.