Psalms 138

1 By David. I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.

A Psalm for David, of Aggaeus and Zacharias. I will give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; and I will sing psalms to you before the angels; for you have heard all the words of my mouth.

2 I will bow down towards your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.

I will worship towards your holy temple, and give thanks to your name, on account of your mercy and your truth; for you have magnified your holy name above every thing.

3 In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.

In whatever day I shall call upon you, hear me speedily; you shall abundantly provide me with your power in my soul.

4 All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, LORD, for they have heard the words of your mouth.

Let all the kings of the earth, o Lord, give thanks to you; for they have heard all the words of your mouth.

5 Yes, they will sing of the ways of the LORD, for the LORD’s glory is great!

And let them sing in the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.

6 For though the LORD is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.

For the Lord is high, and [yet] regards the lowly; and he knows high things from afar off.

7 Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.

Though I should walk in the midst of affliction, you will quicken me; you have stretched forth your hands against the wrath of mine enemies, and your right hand has saved me.

8 The LORD will fulfil that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, LORD, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.

O Lord, you shall recompense [them] on my behalf: your mercy, O Lord, [endures] for ever: overlook not the works of your hands.