Psalms 138

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

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

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 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.

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

In the day when I cried you answered me, and strengthened 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 praise you, O LORD, when they hear the words of your mouth.

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

Yes, they shall sing in 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.

Though the LORD be high, yet has he respect to the lowly: but the proud he knows 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 middle of trouble, you will revive me: you shall stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your 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!

The LORD will perfect that which concerns me: your mercy, O LORD, endures for ever: forsake not the works of your own hands.