Psalms 138

1 A psalm of David. I will give you thanks with my whole heart; before the gods I will sing praises to you.

Of David. I will give you praise with all my heart: I will make melody to you before the gods.

2 I will bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your covenant faithfulness and for your trustworthiness. You have made your word and your name more important than anything else.

I will give worship before your holy Temple, praising your name for your mercy and for your unchanging faith: for you have made your word greater than all your name.

3 On the day that I called you, you answered me; you made me bold and strengthened my soul.

When my cry came to your ears you gave me an answer, and made me great with strength in my soul.

4 All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh, for they will hear the words from your mouth.

All the kings of the earth will give you praise, O Lord, when the words of your mouth come to their ears.

5 Indeed, they will sing of the deeds of Yahweh, for great is the glory of Yahweh.

They will make songs about the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.

6 For though Yahweh is high, yet he cares for the lowly, but the proud he knows from far off.

Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

7 Though I walk in the middle of danger, you will preserve my life; you will reach out with your hand against the anger of my enemies, and your right hand will save me.

Even when trouble is round me, you will give me life; your hand will be stretched out against the wrath of my haters, and your right hand will be my salvation.

8 Yahweh is with me to the end; your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, endures forever. Do not forsake the ones whom your hands have made.

The Lord will make all things complete for me: O Lord, your mercy is eternal; do not give up the works of your hands.