Psalms 138

1 [By David.] I will give you thanks, Jehovah, with my whole heart. Before the gods I will sing praises to you.

“A psalm of David.” I will praise thee with my whole heart; Before the gods will I sing praise to thee;

2 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.

I will worship toward thy holy temple, And praise thy name for thy goodness and thy truth; For thy promise thou hast magnified above all thy name!

3 In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.

In the day when I called, thou didst hear me; Thou didst strengthen me, and encourage my soul.

4 All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Jehovah, for they have heard the words of your mouth.

All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD! When they hear the promises of thy mouth!

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

Yea, they shall sing of the ways of the LORD; For great is the glory of the LORD.

6 For though Jehovah is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar.

The LORD is high, yet he looketh upon the humble, And the proud doth he know from afar.

7 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.

Though I walk through the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; Thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies; Thou wilt save me by thy right hand!

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

The LORD will perform all things for me; Thy goodness, O LORD! endureth ever: Forsake not the works of thine hands!