138:1 [A Psalm of David.]
I will give You thanks with all my heart;
I will sing Your praises before the gods.
138:2 I will bow down toward Your holy temple
And give thanks to Your name for Your mercy and Your ①truth;
For You have made Your ②word great ③according to all Your name.
▷ ①Or faithfulness ②Or promise ③Or together with
138:3 On the day I called, You answered me;
You made me bold with strength in my soul.
138:4 All the kings of the earth will give thanks to You, LORD,
When they have heard the words of Your mouth.
138:5 And they will sing of the ways of the LORD,
For great is the glory of the LORD.
138:6 For the LORD is exalted,
Yet He looks after the lowly,
But He knows the haughty from afar.
138:7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will ①revive me;
You will reach out with Your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
And Your right hand will save me.
▷ ①Or keep me alive
138:8 The LORD will accomplish what concerns me;
Your faithfulness, LORD, is everlasting;
Do not abandon the works of Your hands.