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| 1 I will thank the Lord with all my heart; I will declare all Your wonderful works. | 1 I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. |
| 2 I will rejoice and boast about You; I will sing about Your name, Most High. | 2 I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. |
| 3 When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You. | 3 My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you. |
| 4 For You have upheld my just cause; You are seated on Your throne as a righteous judge. | 4 For you have upheld my right and my cause; you have sat on your throne, judging righteously. |
| 5 You have rebuked the nations: You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever. | 5 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever. |
| 6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin; You have uprooted the cities, and the very memory of them has perished. | 6 Endless ruin has overtaken the enemy, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished. |
| 7 But the Lord sits enthroned forever; He has established His throne for judgment. | 7 The LORD reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment. |
| 8 He judges the world with righteousness; He executes judgment on the peoples with fairness. | 8 He will judge the world in righteousness; he will govern the peoples with justice. |
| 9 The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. | 9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. |
| 10 Those who know Your name trust in You because You have not abandoned those who seek You, Lord. | 10 Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you. |
| 11 Sing to the Lord, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the peoples. | 11 Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done. |
| 12 For the One who seeks an accounting for bloodshed remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted. | 12 For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted. |
| 13 Be gracious to me, Lord; consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me. Lift me up from the gates of death, | 13 O LORD, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death, |
| 14 so that I may declare all Your praises. I will rejoice in Your salvation within the gates of Daughter Zion. | 14 that I may declare your praises in the gates of the Daughter of Zion and there rejoice in your salvation. |
| 15 The nations have fallen into the pit they made; their foot is caught in the net they have concealed. | 15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. |
| 16 The Lord has revealed Himself; He has executed justice, striking down the wicked by the work of their hands. Higgaion. Selah | 16 The LORD is known by his justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. "Higgaion." "Selah" |
| 17 The wicked will return to Sheol- all the nations that forget God. | 17 The wicked return to the grave, all the nations that forget God. |
| 18 For the oppressed will not always be forgotten; the hope of the afflicted will not perish forever. | 18 But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish. |
| 19 Rise up, Lord! Do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence. | 19 Arise, O LORD, let not man triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence. |
| 20 Put terror in them, Lord; let the nations know they are only men. Selah | 20 Strike them with terror, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. "Selah" |
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