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 Thee, with all my heart, Before the gods I do praise 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 bow myself toward Thy holy temple, And I confess Thy name, For Thy kindness, and for Thy truth, For Thou hast made great Thy saying 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 I called, when Thou dost answer me, Thou dost 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 Jehovah, all kings of earth confess Thee, When they have heard the sayings of Thy 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 Jehovah, For great [is] the honour of Jehovah.

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

For high [is] Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth.

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 Thou quickenest me, Against the anger of mine enemies Thou sendest forth Thy hand, And Thy right hand doth 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.

Jehovah doth perfect for me, O Jehovah, Thy kindness [is] to the age, The works of Thy hands let not fall!