1 | I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of all thy wonderful deeds. |
2 | I will be glad and exult in thee, I will sing praise to thy name, O Most High. |
3 | When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before thee. |
4 | For thou hast maintained my just cause; thou hast sat on the throne giving righteous judgment. |
5 | Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever. |
6 | The enemy have vanished in everlasting ruins; their cities thou hast rooted out; the very memory of them has perished. |
7 | But the LORD sits enthroned for ever, he has established his throne for judgment; |
8 | and he judges the world with righteousness, he judges the peoples with equity. |
9 | The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. |
10 | And those who know thy name put their trust in thee, for thou, O LORD, hast not forsaken those who seek thee. |
11 | Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds! |
12 | For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted. |
13 | Be gracious to me, O LORD! Behold what I suffer from those who hate me, O thou who liftest me up from the gates of death, |
14 | that I may recount all thy praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in thy deliverance. |
15 | The nations have sunk in the pit which they made; in the net which they hid has their own foot been caught. |
16 | The LORD has made himself known, he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. [Higgaion. Selah] |
17 | The wicked shall depart to Sheol, all the nations that forget God. |
18 | For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever. |
19 | Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before thee! |
20 | Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! [Selah] |