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.

“A psalm of David.” I will praise thee with my whole heart; Before the gods will I sing praise to 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 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 that I called you, you answered me; you made me bold and strengthened my soul.

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

Yea, they shall sing of 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.

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

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