Psalms 138

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

Yahweh, I thank you with all my inner being. I sing to praise you in front of [the idols of false] gods [to ridicule/belittle them].

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 bow down while I look towards your sacred temple, and I thank you [MTY] because you faithfully love [us] and faithfully do all that you have promised. You have shown that both you [MTY] and what you have promised to do are greater than anything else.

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

On the day when I called out to you, you answered me; you enabled me to be strong and brave.

4 O YHWH, all kings of earth confess You, When they have heard the sayings of Your mouth.

Yahweh, [some day] all the kings of this earth will praise you, because they will have heard what you have said.

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

They will sing about what you have done; they will sing and say that you are very great.

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

Yahweh, you are supreme, but you take care of people [who are considered to be] unimportant. And you know what proud people [are doing], even though they are far away [from you and think that you do not see them].

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.

When I am in the midst of [many] troubles/difficulties, you save/rescue me. With your hand/power [MTY] you rescue me from my enemies who are angry at me.

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

Yahweh, you will do for me everything that you promised; you faithfully love [us] forever. Finish what you started to do [for us, your Israeli people.]