The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
New King James Version NKJV
1 For the leader. On the death of Labben. A psalm of David: I give thanks to ADONAI with all my heart. I will tell about all your wonderful deeds.
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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 be glad and exult in you. I will sing praise to your name, 'Elyon.
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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 back, they stumble and perish before you.
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When my enemies turn back, They shall fall and perish at Your presence.
4 For you upheld my cause as just, sitting on the throne as the righteous judge.
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For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.
5 You rebuked the nations, destroyed the wicked, blotted out their name forever and ever.
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You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 The enemy is finished, in ruins forever; you destroyed their cities; all memory of them is lost.
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O enemy, destructions are finished forever! And you have destroyed cities; Even their memory has perished.
7 But ADONAI is enthroned forever; he has set up his throne for judgment.
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But the Lord shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment.
8 He will judge the world in righteousness; he will judge the peoples fairly.
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He shall judge the world in righteousness, And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.
9 ADONAI is a stronghold for the oppressed, a tower of strength in times of trouble.
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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 put their trust in you, for you have not abandoned those who seek you, ADONAI.
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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 ADONAI, who lives in Tziyon; proclaim his deeds among the peoples.
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Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion! Declare His deeds among the people.
12 For the avenger of blood remembers them, he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted:
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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, ADONAI! See how I suffer from those who hate me; you raise me from the 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 that I can proclaim all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Tziyon and rejoice in this deliverance of yours."
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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 drowned in the pit they dug, caught their own feet in the net they 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 ADONAI made himself known and executed judgment; the wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands. (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 The wicked will return to Sh'ol, all the nations that forget God.
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The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God.
18 For the poor will not always be forgotten or the hope of the needy perish forever.
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For the needy shall not always be forgotten; The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.
19 Arise, ADONAI! Don't let mortals prevail! Let the nations be judged in your presence.
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Arise, O Lord, Do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged in Your sight.
20 Strike them with terror, ADONAI! 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