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] of David. I will give thee thanks with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praises unto thee.

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 unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy 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 that I called thou answeredst me, thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul.

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 give thee thanks, O LORD, for they have heard the words of thy mouth.

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

Yea, they shall sing of 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 though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the haughty he knoweth 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:

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save 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.

The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, [endureth] for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands.