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1 I will thank you, LORD, with all my heart; I will talk about all your wonderful acts.
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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.
2 I will celebrate and rejoice in you; I will sing praises to your name, Most High.
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I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
3 When my enemies turn and retreat, they fall down and die right in front of you
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When my enemies turn back, They shall fall and perish at Your presence.
4 because you have established justice for me and my claim, because you rule from the throne, establishing justice rightly.
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For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.
5 You've denounced the nations, destroyed the wicked. You've erased their names for all time.
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You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 Every enemy is wiped out, like something ruined forever. You've torn down their cities— even the memory of them is dead.
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O enemy, destructions are finished forever! And you have destroyed cities; Even their memory has perished.
7 But the LORD rules forever! He assumes his throne for the sake of justice.
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But the Lord shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment.
8 He will establish justice in the world rightly; he will judge all people fairly.
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He shall judge the world in righteousness, And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.
9 The LORD is a safe place for the oppressed— a safe place in difficult times.
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The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble.
10 Those who know your name trust you because you have not abandoned any who seek you, LORD.
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And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, who lives in Zion! Proclaim his mighty acts among all people!
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Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion! Declare His deeds among the people.
12 Because the one who avenges bloodshed remembers those who suffer; the LORD hasn't forgotten their cries for help.
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When He avenges blood, He remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the humble.
13 Have mercy on me, LORD! Just look how I suffer because of those who hate me. But you are the one who brings me back from the very gates of death
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Have mercy on me, O Lord! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,
14 so I can declare all your praises, so I can rejoice in your salvation in the gates of Daughter Zion.
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That I may tell of all Your praise In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Your salvation.
15 The nations have fallen into the hole they themselves made! Their feet are caught in the very net they themselves hid!
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The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.
16 The LORD is famous for the justice he has done; it's his own doing that the wicked are trapped. Higgayon. Selah
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The Lord is known by the judgment He executes; The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah
17 Let the wicked go straight to the grave, the same for every nation that forgets God.
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The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God.
18 Because the poor won't be forgotten forever, the hope of those who suffer won't be lost for all time.
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For the needy shall not always be forgotten; The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.
19 Get up, LORD! Don't let people prevail! Let the nations be judged before you.
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Arise, O Lord, Do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged in Your sight.
20 Strike them with fear, LORD. Let the nations know they are only human. Selah
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Put them in fear, O Lord, That the nations may know themselves to be 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.