Psalms 138

1 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].

A Psalme of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: euen before the gods will I praise thee.

2 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.

I will worship toward thine holy Temple and praise thy Name, because of thy louing kindenesse and for thy trueth: for thou hast magnified thy Name aboue all things by thy word.

3 On the day when I called out to you, you answered me; you enabled me to be strong and brave.

When I called, then thou heardest me, and hast encreased strength in my soule.

4 Yahweh, [some day] all the kings of this earth will praise you, because they will have heard what you have said.

All the Kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord: for they haue heard the wordes of thy mouth.

5 They will sing about what you have done; they will sing and say that you are very great.

And they shall sing of the wayes of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord is great.

6 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].

For the Lord is high: yet he beholdeth the lowly, but the proude he knoweth afarre off.

7 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.

Though I walke in the middes of trouble, yet wilt thou reuiue me: thou wilt stretch foorth thine hand vpon the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall saue me.

8 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.]

The Lord will performe his worke toward me: O Lord, thy mercie endureth for euer: forsake not the workes of thine handes.