1 ¶ I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods I will sing praises unto thee.

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

2 I will worship the temple of thy holiness and praise thy name above thy mercy and thy truth; for thou hast made thy name to be magnificent and raised up thy spoken word above all things.

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.

3 I n the day when I called, thou didst answer me and strengthen me with strength in my soul.

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

4 A ll the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hearken unto the spoken words from thy mouth.

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

5 Y ea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.

Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh; for great is Yahweh’s glory.

6 ¶ For the LORD, who is high and lifted up, looks upon the humble, but the proud he does not know.

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

7 T hough I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; thou shalt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

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.

8 T he LORD will perfect that which concerns me; thy mercy, O LORD, endures for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.