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| 1I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. | 1For the director of music. To the tune of "The Death of the Son." A psalm of David. I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. |
| 2I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. | 2I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High. |
| 3When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence. | 3My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you. |
| 4For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment. | 4For you have upheld my right and my cause, sitting enthroned as the righteous judge. |
| 5You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever. | 5You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever. |
| 6The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you rooted out; the very memory of them has perished. | 6Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished. |
| 7But the LORD sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice, | 7The LORD reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment. |
| 8and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness. | 8He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity. |
| 9The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. | 9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. |
| 10And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you. | 10Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you. |
| 11Sing praises to the LORD, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds! | 11Sing the praises of the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done. |
| 12For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted. | 12For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted. |
| 13Be gracious to me, O LORD! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death, | 13LORD, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death, |
| 14that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation. | 14that I may declare your praises in the gates of Daughter Zion, and there rejoice in your salvation. |
| 15The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught. | 15The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. |
| 16The LORD has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah | 16The LORD is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. |
| 17The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God. | 17The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God. |
| 18For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever. | 18But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish. |
| 19Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you! | 19Arise, LORD, do not let mortals triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence. |
| 20Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! Selah | 20Strike them with terror, LORD; let the nations know they are only mortal. |
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