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, in the presence of the mighty will I sing praises unto 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 Thy holy temple, and give thanks unto Thy name for Thy mercy 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 that I called, Thou didst answer me; Thou didst encourage me in my soul with strength.

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 LORD, 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 the LORD; for great is the glory of the LORD.

6 For YHWH [is] high, and He sees the lowly, And He knows the haughty from afar.

For though the LORD be high, yet regardeth He the lowly, and the haughty He knoweth 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 quickenest me; Thou stretchest forth Thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and Thy right hand doth save me.

8 YHWH perfects for me, O YHWH, Your kindness [is] for all time, Do not let the works of Your hands fall!

The LORD will accomplish that which concerneth me; Thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever; forsake not the work of Thine own hands.