Psalms 138

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

A Psalm for David, of Aggaeus and Zacharias. I will give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; and I will sing psalms to thee before the angels; for thou hast heard all the words of my mouth.

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 give thanks to thy name, on account of thy mercy and thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy holy name above every thing.

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

In whatsoever day I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily; thou shalt abundantly provide me with thy power in my soul.

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

Let all the kings of the earth, o Lord, give thanks unto thee; for they have heard all the words of thy mouth.

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

And let them sing in the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.

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

For the Lord is high, and [yet] regards the lowly; and he knows high things from afar 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 should walk in the midst of affliction, thou wilt quicken me; thou hast stretched forth thine hands against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand has saved me.

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

O Lord, thou shalt recompense [them] on my behalf: thy mercy, O Lord, [endures] for ever: overlook not the works of thine hands.