Psalms 138

1 A psalm of David. I will give you thanks with my whole heart; before the gods I will sing praises to you.

[A Psalm] of David. 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 covenant faithfulness and for your trustworthiness. You have made your word and your name more important than anything else.

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 On the day that I called you, you answered me; you made me bold and strengthened 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 will hear the words from your mouth.

All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.

5 Indeed, they will sing of the deeds of Yahweh, for great is the glory of Yahweh.

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 cares for the lowly, but the proud he knows from far off.

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 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.

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 is with me to the end; your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, endures forever. Do not forsake the ones whom your hands have made.

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