Psalms 138

1 BY DAVID. I confess You with all my heart, I praise You before the gods.

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 bow myself toward Your holy temple, And I confess Your Name, For Your kindness, and for Your truth, For You have made Your saying great above all Your Name.

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 I called, when You answer me, You strengthen me in my soul [with] strength.

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

4 O YHWH, all kings of earth confess You, When they have heard the sayings 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 And they sing in the ways of YHWH, For the glory of YHWH [is] great.

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

6 For YHWH [is] high, and He sees the lowly, And He knows the haughty from afar.

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

7 If I walk in the midst of distress You quicken me, You send forth Your hand against the anger of my enemies, And Your right hand saves 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 YHWH perfects for me, O YHWH, Your kindness [is] for all time, Do not let the works of Your hands fall!

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