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 praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise to 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 towards thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness 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 when I cried thou didst answer me, [and] strengthen 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 praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.

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

Yes, they shall 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.

Though the LORD [is] high, yet hath he respect to the lowly: but the proud he knoweth 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 walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, and thy right hand will 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 thy own hands.