Psalms
The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.
English Revised Version
Psalms 138
1I will give thee thanks with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praises unto thee. 2I 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. 3In the day that I called thou answeredst me, thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul. 4All the kings of the earth shall give thee thanks, O LORD, for they have heard the words of thy mouth. 5Yea, they shall sing of the ways of the LORD; for great is the glory of the LORD. 6For though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the haughty he knoweth from afar. 7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. 8The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands.
English Revised Version (1885). Public domain. The 1881/1885 British revision of the King James Version; parent of the ASV.