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1 To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise [thee], O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy wonderful works.
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1 I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders.
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2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
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2 I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
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3 When my enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
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3 My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.
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4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou sattest on the throne judging right.
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4 For you have upheld my right and my cause; you have sat on your throne, judging righteously.
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5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
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5 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
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6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial hath perished with them.
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6 Endless ruin has overtaken the enemy, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.
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7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
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7 The LORD reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.
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8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
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8 He will judge the world in righteousness; he will govern the peoples with justice.
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9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
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9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
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10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
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10 Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
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11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
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11 Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.
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12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
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12 For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
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13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] from them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
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13 O LORD, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
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14 That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
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14 that I may declare your praises in the gates of the Daughter of Zion and there rejoice in your salvation.
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15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
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15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
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16 The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
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16 The LORD is known by his justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. "Higgaion." "Selah"
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17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.
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17 The wicked return to the grave, all the nations that forget God.
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18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.
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18 But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish.
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19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
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19 Arise, O LORD, let not man triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.
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20 Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] men. Selah.
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20 Strike them with terror, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. "Selah"
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