Psalms 138
1 Yahweh, I thank you with all my inner being. I sing to praise you in front of [the idols of false] gods [to ridicule/belittle them].
A psalm of David. I will give you thanks with my whole heart; before the gods I will sing praises to you.
2 I bow down while I look towards your sacred temple, and I thank you [MTY] because you faithfully love [us] and faithfully do all that you have promised. You have shown that both you [MTY] and what you have promised to do are greater than anything else.
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.
3 On the day when I called out to you, you answered me; you enabled me to be strong and brave.
On the day that I called you, you answered me; you made me bold and strengthened my soul.
4 Yahweh, [some day] all the kings of this earth will praise you, because they will have heard what you have said.
All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh, for they will hear the words from your mouth.
5 They will sing about what you have done; they will sing and say that you are very great.
Indeed, they will sing of the deeds of Yahweh, for great is the glory of Yahweh.
6 Yahweh, you are supreme, but you take care of people [who are considered to be] unimportant. And you know what proud people [are doing], even though they are far away [from you and think that you do not see them].
For though Yahweh is high, yet he cares for the lowly, but the proud he knows from far off.
7 When I am in the midst of [many] troubles/difficulties, you save/rescue me. With your hand/power [MTY] you rescue me from my enemies who are angry at me.
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.
8 Yahweh, you will do for me everything that you promised; you faithfully love [us] forever. Finish what you started to do [for us, your Israeli people.]
Yahweh is with me to the end; your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, endures forever. Do not forsake the ones whom your hands have made.
