🔊 Audio of Psalm 138
Psalm 138
Hebrew text, Sephardic transliteration, and English translation for reading, study, and prayer.
| # | Hebrew | Sephardic Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לְדָוִד אוֹדְךָ בְכָל־לִבִּי נֶגֶד אֱלֹהִים אֲזַמְּרֶךָּ | Le-Da-víd. O-de-kha ve-khál lib-bí; ne-géd e-lo-hím a-zam-me-re-kha. | Of David. I give You thanks, O the LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing Your praise. |
| 2 | אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה אֶל־הֵיכַל קָדְשְׁךָ וְאוֹדֶה אֶת־שְׁמֶךָ עַל־חַסְדְּךָ וְעַל־אֲמִתֶּךָ כִּי־הִגְדַּלְתָּ עַל־כָּל־שִׁמְךָ אִמְרָתֶךָ | E-sh-ta-kha-véh el héi-khal kod-she-kha; ve-o-déh et shím-kha; al khas-de-kha ve-al a-mi-te-kha; ki hig-dál-ta al kál shím-kha im-ra-te-kha. | I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your steadfast love and Your faithfulness, for You have exalted above all things Your name and Your word. |
| 3 | בְּיוֹם קָרָאתִי וַתַּעֲנֵנִי תַּרְהִבֵנִי בְנַפְשִׁי עֹז | Be-yom ka-rá-ti va-ta-a-né-ni; tar-hi-vé-ni be-naf-shí óz. | On the day I called, You answered me; my strength of soul You increased. |
| 4 | יוֹדוּךָ יְהוָה כָּל־מַלְכֵי־אָרֶץ כִּי שָׁמְעוּ אִמְרֵי־פִיךָ | Yo-dú-kha Ado-nái kál mal-khéi a-rétz; ki sha-me-ú im-réi pi-kha. | All the kings of the earth shall give You thanks, O the LORD, for they have heard the words of Your mouth. |
| 5 | וְיָשִׁירוּ בְּדַרְכֵי יְהוָה כִּי גָדוֹל כְּבוֹד יְהוָה | Ve-ya-shí-ru be-dar-khéi Ado-nái; ki ga-dól ke-vod Ado-nái. | And they shall sing of the ways of the LORD, for great is the glory of the LORD. |
| 6 | כִּי־רָם יְהוָה וְשָׁפָל יִרְאֶה וְגָבֹהַּ מִמֶּרְחָק יְיֵדָע | Ki rám Ado-nái ve-sha-fál yir-eéh; ve-ga-vó-ah mi-mer-khák ye-de-á. | For though the LORD is high, He regards the lowly, but the haughty He knows from afar. |
| 7 | אִם־אֵלֵךְ בְּקֶרֶב צָרָה תְּחַיֵּנִי עַל אַף אֹיְבַי תִּשְׁלַח יָדֶךָ וְתוֹשִׁיעֵנִי יְמִינֶךָ | Im e-lékh be-ké-rev tza-ráh te-kha-y-ye-ní; al af oy-v-ái tish-laákh ya-de-kha; ve-to-shi-e-ní ye-mi-ne-kha. | Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve my life; You stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand delivers me. |
| 8 | יְהוָה יִגְמֹר בַּעֲדִי יְהוָה חַסְדְּךָ לְעוֹלָם מַעֲשֵׂי יָדֶיךָ אַל־תֶּרֶף | Ado-nái yig-mór ba-a-dí; Ado-nái khas-de-kha le-o-lám; ma-a-séi ya-de-kha al teréf. | The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me; Your steadfast love, O the LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of Your hands. |