Psalms

David’s.

138 I will give thee thanks with all my heart, Before the messengers of God will I praise thee in song:

2 I will bow down towards thy holy temple And thank thy Name for thy lovingkindness and for thy faithfulness, For thou hast magnified above all thy Name, thy word!

3 In the day I cried unto thee Then didst thou answer me, And didst excite me in my soul mightily.

4 All the kings of the earth will thank thee, O Yahweh, When they have heard the sayings of thy mouth;

5 And they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, That great is the glory of Yahweh:

6 Though lofty is Yahweh yet the lowly he regardeth, But the haughty—afar off doth he acknowledge.

7 Though I walk in the midst of distress thou wilt give me life,—Because of the anger of my foes thou wilt thrust forth thy hand, And thy right hand will save me:

8 Yahweh will carry through my cause,—O Yahweh! thy lovingkindness is age-abiding, The works of thine own hands do not thou desert.