Psalms 138

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

Of David. I will thank you, O Lord, with all my heart: in the sight of the gods I will sing your praise,

2 I will bow down toward 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.

and prostrate before your holy temple, will praise your name for your constant love, for you have exulted your promise above all.

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

When I called you, you answered; you gave me strength, you inspired me.

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

All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O Lord, when they shall have heard the words you have uttered;

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

and they shall sing of the ways of the Lord, and tell of the Lord’s transcendent glory.

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

For, high though the Lord is, he looks on the lowly, and strikes down the haughty from far away.

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 my way be distressful, yet you preserve me: you lay your hand on my angry foes, and your right hand gives me victory.

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

The Lord will accomplish all that which concerns me. Your kindness, O Lord, endures forever. O do not abandon the work of your hands.