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:

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

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 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 I cried unto thee, then didst thou answer me, and didst excite me, in my soul, mightily.

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 thank thee, O Yahweh, when they have heard the sayings of thy mouth;

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

5 And they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, That great is the glory of Yahweh:

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

6 Though lofty is Yahweh, yet, the lowly, he regardeth, but, the haughty—afar off, doth he acknowledge.

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

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:

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 Yahweh, will carry through my cause, —O Yahweh! thy lovingkindness, is age-abiding, The works of thine own hands, do not thou desert.

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