Psalms 138

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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