Psalm 138 ~ Psalm 138

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1 I will give You thanks with all my heart; I will sing praises to You before the gods.

I will give thee thanks with my whole heart: Before the gods will I sing praises unto thee.

2 I will bow down toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name.

I will worship toward thy holy temple, And give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

3 O n the day I called, You answered me; You made me bold with strength in my soul.

In the day that I called thou answeredst me, Thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul.

4 A ll the kings of the earth will give thanks to You, O Lord, When they have heard the words of Your mouth.

All the kings of the earth shall give thee thanks, O Jehovah, For they have heard the words of thy mouth.

5 A nd they will sing of the ways of the Lord, For great is the glory of the Lord.

Yea, they shall sing of the ways of Jehovah; For great is the glory of Jehovah.

6 F or though the Lord is exalted, Yet He regards the lowly, But the haughty He knows from afar.

For though Jehovah is high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; But the haughty he knoweth from afar.

7 T hough I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; Thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, And thy right hand will save me.

8 T he Lord will accomplish what concerns me; Your lovingkindness, O Lord, is everlasting; Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, endureth for ever; Forsake not the works of thine own hands.