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1 I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
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<<For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Death of the Son." A Psalm by David.>> I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.
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I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, you Most High.
3 My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.
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When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish in your presence.
4 For you have upheld my right and my cause, sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.
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For you have maintained my right and my cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
5 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name 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 Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.
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The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
7 The LORD reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.
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But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
8 He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity.
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He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
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Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; A high tower in times of trouble.
10 Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
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Those who know your name will put their trust in you, For you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11 Sing the praises of the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.
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Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, And declare among the people what he has done.
12 For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.
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For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 LORD, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
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Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, And lift me up from the gates of death;
14 that I may declare your praises in the gates of Daughter Zion, and there rejoice in your salvation.
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That I may show forth all your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in your salvation.
15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
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The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
16 The LORD is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
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Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
17 The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God.
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The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.
18 But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.
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For the needy shall not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
19 Arise, LORD, do not let mortals triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.
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Arise, Yahweh! Don't let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
20 Strike them with terror, LORD; let the nations know they are only mortal.
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Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.
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