| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1For the choir director; on Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will tell of all Your wonders. | 1For the choir director: according to Muth-labben. A Davidic psalm. I will thank Yahweh with all my heart; I will declare all Your wonderful works. |
| 2I will be glad and exult in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. | 2I will rejoice and boast about You; I will sing about Your name, Most High. |
| 3When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish before You. | 3When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You. |
| 4For You have maintained my just cause; You have sat on the throne judging righteously. | 4For You have upheld my just cause; You are seated on Your throne as a righteous judge. |
| 5You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever. | 5You have rebuked the nations: You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever. |
| 6The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins, And You have uprooted the cities; The very memory of them has perished. | 6The enemy has come to eternal ruin; You have uprooted the cities, and the very memory of them has perished. |
| 7But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment, | 7But the LORD sits enthroned forever; He has established His throne for judgment. |
| 8And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity. | 8He judges the world with righteousness; He executes judgment on the nations with fairness. |
| 9The LORD also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble; | 9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. |
| 10And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You. | 10Those who know Your name trust in You because You have not abandoned those who seek You, Yahweh. |
| 11Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; Declare among the peoples His deeds. | 11Sing to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations. |
| 12For He who requires blood remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted. | 12For the One who seeks an accounting for bloodshed remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted. |
| 13Be gracious to me, O LORD; See my affliction from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death, | 13Be gracious to me, LORD; consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me. Lift me up from the gates of death, |
| 14That I may tell of all Your praises, That in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation. | 14so that I may declare all Your praises. I will rejoice in Your salvation within the gates of Daughter Zion. |
| 15The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made; In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught. | 15The nations have fallen into the pit they made; their foot is caught in the net they have concealed. |
| 16The LORD has made Himself known; He has executed judgment. In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. Higgaion Selah. | 16The LORD has revealed Himself; He has executed justice, striking down the wicked by the work of their hands. Higgaion. Selah |
| 17The wicked will return to Sheol, Even all the nations who forget God. | 17The wicked will return to Sheol-- all the nations that forget God. |
| 18For the needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever. | 18For the oppressed will not always be forgotten; the hope of the afflicted will not perish forever. |
| 19Arise, O LORD, do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged before You. | 19Rise up, LORD! Do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence. |
| 20Put them in fear, O LORD; Let the nations know that they are but men. Selah. | 20Put terror in them, LORD; let the nations know they are only men. Selah |
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