Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all thy wonderful works.
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I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
2 I will be glad and exult in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou Most High.
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I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at thy presence.
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When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before you.
4 For thou hast maintained my cause and my right; thou satest on the throne, that judgest righteousness.
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For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.
5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever, even for ever 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 swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and thou hast destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,
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The enemies have vanished in everlasting ruins; their cities you have rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.
7 but the Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.
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But the Lord sits enthroned forever, he has established his throne for judgment.
8 And he will judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the nations in uprightness.
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He judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with equity.
9 The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.
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The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 And let them that know thy name hope in thee: for thou, O Lord, hast not failed them that diligently seek thee.
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And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Sion: declare his dealings among the nations.
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Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Declare his deeds among the peoples.
12 For he remembered them, in making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication of the poor.
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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; look upon my affliction which I suffer of mine enemies, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
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Be gracious to me, O Lord. See what I suffer from those who hate me; you are the one who lifts me up from the gates of death,
14 that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion: I will exult in thy salvation.
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so that I may recount all your praises, and, in the gates of daughter Zion, rejoice in your deliverance.
15 The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.
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The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.
16 The Lord is known as executing judgments: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. A song of Pause.
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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.+p[Higgaion. Selah]
17 Let sinners be driven away into Hades, even 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 poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever.
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For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
19 Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before thee.
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Rise up, O Lord! Do not let mortals prevail; let the nations be judged before you.
20 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. Pause.
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Put them in fear, O Lord; let the nations know that they are only human. (Selah)
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