New Living Translation NLT
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.
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To the Overseer, `On the Death of Labben.' -- A Psalm of David. I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders,
2 I will be filled with joy because of you. I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.
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I rejoice and exult in Thee, I praise Thy Name, O Most High.
3 My enemies retreated; they staggered and died when you appeared.
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In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.
4 For you have judged in my favor; from your throne you have judged with fairness.
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For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.
5 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have erased their names forever.
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Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.
6 The enemy is finished, in endless ruins; the cities you uprooted are now forgotten.
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O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.
7 But the LORD reigns forever, executing judgment from his throne.
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And Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne.
8 He will judge the world with justice and rule the nations with fairness.
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And He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.
9 The LORD is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
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And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
10 Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O LORD, do not abandon those who search for you.
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They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.
11 Sing praises to the LORD who reigns in Jerusalem. Tell the world about his unforgettable deeds.
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Sing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts,
12 For he who avenges murder cares for the helpless. He does not ignore the cries of those who suffer.
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For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
13 LORD, have mercy on me. See how my enemies torment me. Snatch me back from the jaws of death.
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Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,
14 Save me so I can praise you publicly at Jerusalem’s gates, so I can rejoice that you have rescued me.
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So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation.
15 The nations have fallen into the pit they dug for others. Their own feet have been caught in the trap they set.
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Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
16 The LORD is known for his justice. The wicked are trapped by their own deeds. Quiet Interlude
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Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.
17 The wicked will go down to the grave. This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God.
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The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.
18 But the needy will not be ignored forever; the hopes of the poor will not always be crushed.
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For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.
19 Arise, O LORD ! Do not let mere mortals defy you! Judge the nations!
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Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face.
20 Make them tremble in fear, O LORD . Let the nations know they are merely human. Interlude
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Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they [are] men! Selah.