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:

Of David. I will thank you, O Lord, with all my heart: in the sight of the gods I will sing your praise,

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!

and prostrate before your holy temple, will praise your name for your constant love, for you have exulted your promise above all.

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

When I called you, you answered; you gave me strength, you inspired me.

4 All the kings of the earth, will thank thee, O Yahweh, when they have heard the sayings of thy mouth;

All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O Lord, when they shall have heard the words you have uttered;

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

and they shall sing of the ways of the Lord, and tell of the Lord’s transcendent glory.

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

For, high though the Lord is, he looks on the lowly, and strikes down the haughty from far away.

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 my way be distressful, yet you preserve me: you lay your hand on my angry foes, and your right hand gives me victory.

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

The Lord will accomplish all that which concerns me. Your kindness, O Lord, endures forever. O do not abandon the work of your hands.