138 I will give you thanks with my whole heart.
    Before the gods,^[a] I will sing praises to you.
² 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 In the day that I called, you answered me.
    You encouraged me with strength in my soul.
⁴ All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh,
    for they have heard the words of your mouth.
⁵ Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh,
    for Yahweh’s glory is great!
⁶ For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly;
    but he knows the proud from afar.
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.
⁸ Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me.
    Your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever.
    Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.