Wholehearted thanks before rulers

Wholehearted thanks is sung in front of the gods, then the LORD stoops

I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

Before the gods may mean before earthly rulers, or in the face of the nations' so-called gods. Either way the thanks is public and undivided. Word magnified above name is a striking claim: promise kept outruns even reputation. The day of crying is remembered as a day of inner strength given.

Kings will thank, the lowly are regarded, and trouble is not the last walk

All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth. Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me. The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. Height that still regards the lowly matches 113. Perfect that which concerneth me is completion of God's own work in the speaker, not a blank prosperity check. The psalm asks not to be forsaken as a handmade creature.