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 you thanks 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 covenant faithfulness and for your trustworthiness. You have made your word and your name more important than anything else.

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

On the day that I called you, you answered me; you made me bold and strengthened 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, Yahweh, for they will hear the words from your mouth.

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

Indeed, they will sing of the deeds of Yahweh, for great is the glory of Yahweh.

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

For though Yahweh is high, yet he cares for the lowly, but the proud he knows from far 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 danger, you will preserve my life; you will reach out with your hand against the anger of my enemies, and 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!

Yahweh is with me to the end; your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, endures forever. Do not forsake the ones whom your hands have made.