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1 I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart. I will tell all the miracles you have done.
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I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
2 I will be happy because of you; God Most High, I will sing praises to your name.
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I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3 My enemies turn back; they are overwhelmed and die because of you.
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When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence.
4 You have heard my complaint; you sat on your throne and judged by what was right.
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For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.
5 You spoke strongly against the foreign nations and destroyed the wicked; you wiped out their names forever and ever.
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You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 The enemy is gone forever. You destroyed their cities; no one even remembers them.
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The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.
7 But the Lord rules forever. He sits on his throne to judge,
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But the Lord sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice,
8 and he will judge the world in fairness; he will decide what is fair for the nations.
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and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness.
9 The Lord defends those who suffer; he defends them in times of trouble.
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The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 Those who know the Lord trust him, because he will not leave those who come to him.
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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 is king on Mount Zion. Tell the nations what he has done.
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Sing praises to the Lord, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!
12 He remembers who the murderers are; he will not forget the cries of those who suffer.
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For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 Lord, have mercy on me. See how my enemies hurt me. Do not let me go through the gates of death.
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Be gracious to me, O Lord! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death,
14 Then, at the gates of Jerusalem, I will praise you; I will rejoice because you saved me.
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that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation.
15 The nations have fallen into the pit they dug. Their feet are caught in the nets they laid.
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The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.
16 The Lord has made himself known by his fair decisions; the wicked get trapped by what they do. 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 Wicked people will go to the grave, and so will all those who forget God.
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The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
18 But those who have troubles will not be forgotten. The hopes of the poor will never die.
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For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
19 Lord, rise up and judge the nations. Don't let people think they are strong.
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Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you!
20 Teach them to fear you, Lord. The nations must learn that they are only human.Selah
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Put them in fear, O Lord! Let the nations know that they are but men! Selah