Psalms 138

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

[By David.] I will give you thanks, LORD, with my whole heart. Before the gods I will sing praises 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 bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your word above all.

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

In the day that I called, you answered me. You 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 will give you thanks, LORD, for they have heard the words of your mouth.

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

Yes, they will sing of the ways of the LORD; for great is the LORD's glory.

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

For though the LORD is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows 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, you will revive me. You will stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your 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!

The LORD will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the works of your own hands.