Psalms 138
1 David’s. I will give thee thanks with all my heart, Before the messengers of God, will I praise thee in song:
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 towards thy holy temple, and thank thy Name, for thy lovingkindness and for thy faithfulness, For thou hast magnified, above all thy Name, thy word!
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 I cried unto thee, then didst thou answer me, and didst excite me, in my soul, mightily.
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 thank thee, O Yahweh, when they have heard the sayings of thy 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 And they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, That great is the glory of Yahweh:
And let them sing in the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.
6 Though lofty is Yahweh, yet, the lowly, he regardeth, but, the haughty—afar off, doth he acknowledge.
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 distress, thou wilt give me life, —Because of the anger of my foes, thou wilt thrust forth thy hand, and thy 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 Yahweh, will carry through my cause, —O Yahweh! thy lovingkindness, is age-abiding, The works of thine own hands, do not thou desert.
O Lord, thou shalt recompense [them] on my behalf: thy mercy, O Lord, [endures] for ever: overlook not the works of thine hands.
