Psalm 138

Dewey Westra, 1931; rev.

1. With all my heart will I record
   Thy praise, O LORD, and exaltation.
   Before the gods with joyful song
   Will I prolong my adoration.
   I bow down toward Thy holy place
   And for Thy grace and truth extol Thee.
   Thou like Thy Name, O LORD Most High,
   Didst magnify Thy Word so holy.
   
2. O God, whene’er I cried to Thee
   Thou heardest me and didst deliver;
   For by Thy strength, when sore afraid,
   My soul was stayed, O gracious Giver.
   The kings of earth in one accord
   Shall thank Thee, LORD, with praise unbroken,
   When over all the earth is heard
   The wondrous Word which Thou hast spoken.
   
3. They all shall sing in joyful lays
   And laud Thy ways with jubilation,
   For great is God in majesty,
   The LORD is He of all creation.
   Our covenant God looks from on high
   With kindly eye upon the lowly,
   But He knows those from far who hide,
   In sinful pride, their ways unholy.
   
4. LORD, though I walk ‘mid troubles sore,
   Thou wilt restore my faltering spirit;
   Though angry foes my soul alarm,
   Thy mighty arm will save and cheer it.
   Yea, Thou wilt finish perfectly
   What Thou for me hast undertaken;
   May not Thy works, in mercy wrought,
   E’er come to nought, or be forsaken.