Psalms 138

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

[A Psalm] of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise 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 worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness 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 cried thou answeredst me, [and] strengthenedst 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 thee, O LORD, when they hear 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 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 hath he respect unto the lowly: but 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 shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath 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!

The LORD will perfect [that which] concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, [endureth] for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.