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:
Yahweh, I thank you with all my inner being. I sing to praise you in front of [the idols of false] gods [to ridicule/belittle them].
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 down while I look towards your sacred temple, and I thank you [MTY] because you faithfully love [us] and faithfully do all that you have promised. You have shown that both you [MTY] and what you have promised to do are greater than anything else.
3 In the day I cried unto thee, then didst thou answer me, and didst excite me, in my soul, mightily.
On the day when I called out to you, you answered me; you enabled me to be strong and brave.
4 All the kings of the earth, will thank thee, O Yahweh, when they have heard the sayings of thy mouth;
Yahweh, [some day] all the kings of this earth will praise you, because they will have heard what you have said.
5 And they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, That great is the glory of Yahweh:
They will sing about what you have done; they will sing and say that you are very great.
6 Though lofty is Yahweh, yet, the lowly, he regardeth, but, the haughty—afar off, doth he acknowledge.
Yahweh, you are supreme, but you take care of people [who are considered to be] unimportant. And you know what proud people [are doing], even though they are far away [from you and think that you do not see them].
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:
When I am in the midst of [many] troubles/difficulties, you save/rescue me. With your hand/power [MTY] you rescue me from my enemies who are angry at 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.
Yahweh, you will do for me everything that you promised; you faithfully love [us] forever. Finish what you started to do [for us, your Israeli people.]
