Psalms 138

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

I will praise thee, O lord, with my whole heart: for thou hast heard the words of my mouth. I will sing praise to thee in the sight of his angels:

2 I will bow down towards 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 towards thy holy temple, and I will give glory to thy name. For thy mercy, and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy holy name above all.

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

In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me: thou shall multiply strength in my soul.

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

May all the kings of the earth give glory to thee: for they have heard all the words of thy mouth.

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

And let them sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.

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

For the Lord is high, and looketh on the low: and the high 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.

If I shall walk in the midst of tribulation, thou wilt quicken me: and thou hast stretched forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies: and thy right hand hath saved me.

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

The Lord will repay for me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: O despise not the work of thy hands.