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- 1 For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
- 2 I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
- 3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
- 4 For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
- 5 You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
- 6 The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
- 7 But the LORD reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
- 8 He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
- 9 The LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
- 10 Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
- 11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
- 12 For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
- 13 Have mercy on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
- 14 that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
- 15 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 has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
- 17 The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
- 18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
- 19 Arise, LORD! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
- 20 Put them in fear, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.