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 psalm of David.” I will praise thee with my whole heart; Before the gods will I sing praise to 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 thy holy temple, And praise thy name for thy goodness and thy truth; For thy promise thou hast magnified above all thy name!

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

In the day when I called, thou didst hear me; Thou didst strengthen me, and encourage my soul.

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! When they hear the promises of thy mouth!

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

Yea, they shall sing of the ways of the LORD; For great is the glory of the LORD.

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].

The LORD is high, yet he looketh upon the humble, And the proud doth he know from afar.

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 walk through the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; Thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies; Thou wilt save me by thy right hand!

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 perform all things for me; Thy goodness, O LORD! endureth ever: Forsake not the works of thine hands!