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1 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
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To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of all thy wonderful deeds.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
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I will be glad and exult in thee, I will sing praise to thy name, O Most High.
3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
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When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before thee.
4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
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For thou hast maintained my just cause; thou hast sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.
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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Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
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The enemy have vanished in everlasting ruins; their cities thou hast rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.
7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
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But the LORD sits enthroned for ever, he has established his throne for judgment;
8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
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and he judges the world with righteousness, he judges the peoples with equity.
9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
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The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
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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And those who know thy name put their trust in thee, for thou, O LORD, hast not forsaken those who seek thee.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
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Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!
12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
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For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
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Be gracious to me, O LORD! Behold what I suffer from those who hate me, O thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,
14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
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that I may recount all thy praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in thy deliverance.
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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The nations have sunk in the pit which they made; in the net which they hid has their own foot been caught.
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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The LORD has made himself known, he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. [Higgaion. Selah]
17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
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The wicked shall depart to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
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For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
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Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before thee!
20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
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Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! [Selah]
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