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.

“By David.” I will praise thee with my whole heart: before [thee], O God, will I sing praise unto thee.

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 bow myself down before thy holy temple, and I will thank thy name for thy kindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified above all thy name thy promise.

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

On the day when I called didst thou answer me, and raise me up 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 thanks unto thee, O Lord, when they hear the promises of thy mouth.

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

And they will sing on 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.

For exalted is the Lord, yet doth he regard the lowly; but the proud he punisheth from afar.

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.

If I should walk in the midst of distress, thou wilt revive me: against the wrath of my enemies wilt thou stretch forth thy hand, and thy right hand will save me.

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 accomplish [all] in my behalf; O Lord, thy kindness endureth for ever: the works of thy own hands do not abandon.