< 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 give you thanks with my whole heart; before the gods I will sing praises to you.
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 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 that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.
On the day that I called you, you answered me; you made me bold and strengthened 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 will give you thanks, Yahweh, for they will hear the words from your mouth.
5 Yes, they will sing of the ways of Jehovah; for great is Jehovah's glory.
Indeed, they will sing of the deeds of Yahweh, for great is the glory of Yahweh.
6 For though Jehovah is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar.
For though Yahweh is high, yet he cares for the lowly, but the proud he knows from far off.
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 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 Jehovah will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Jehovah, endures forever. Do not forsake the works of your own hands.
Yahweh is with me to the end; your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, endures forever. Do not forsake the ones whom your hands have made.