Psalms 138

By David.

1 I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods,^a I will sing praises to you.I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. ✦

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.I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. ✦

3 In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. ✦

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 thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth. ✦

5 Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, for Yahweh’s glory is great!Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. ✦

6 For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth 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 walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. ✦

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 perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. ✦