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1 To the Chief Musician. To the tune of 'Death of the Son.' A Psalm of David. I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous 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 You; I will sing praise to Your name, O 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 turn back, They shall fall and perish at Your presence.
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3 My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.
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4 For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.
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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 You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever 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 enemy, destructions are finished forever! And you have destroyed cities; Even their memory has perished.
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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 forever; He has 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 He shall judge the world in righteousness, And He shall administer judgment for the peoples 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 those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.
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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 dwells in Zion! Declare His deeds among the people.
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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 avenges blood, He remembers them; He does not forget 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 on me, O Lord! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift 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 tell of all Your praise In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Your 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 nations have sunk down in the pit which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.
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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 He executes; The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. 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 forever.
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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, Do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged in Your 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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| Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New King James Version) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
