1 I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart;
I will tell of all Youra Or miracleswonders. | |
2 I will be glad and exult in You;
I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. | |
3 When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and perish before You. | |
4 For You have maintainedb Lit my right and my causemy just cause;
You have sat on the thronec Or a righteous Judgejudging righteously. | |
5 You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked;
You have blotted out their name forever and ever. | |
6 d Or O enemy, desolations are finished forever; And their cities You have plucked upThe enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very memory of them has perished. | |
7 But the LORDe Or sits as kingabides forever;
He has established His throne for judgment, | |
8 And He will judge the world in righteousness;
He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity. | |
9 f Or Let the Lord also beThe LORD also will be a stronghold for the oppressed,
A stronghold in times of trouble; | |
10 Andg Or let those...name putthose who know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You. | |
11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion;
Declare among the peoples His deeds. | |
12 For He whoh I.e. avenges bloodshedrequires blood remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted. | |
13 Be gracious to me, O LORD;
See my affliction from those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death, | |
14 That I may tell of all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion
I may rejoice in Youri Or deliverancesalvation. | |
15 The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught. | |
16 The LORD has made Himself known;
He has executed judgment.
In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared.j Perhaps, resounding music or meditationHiggaionk Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interludeSelah. | |
17 The wicked willl Or turnreturn tom I.e. the nether worldSheol,
Even all the nations who forget God. | |
18 For the needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever. | |
19 Arise, O LORD, do not let man prevail;
Let the nations be judged before You. | |
20 Put them in fear, O LORD;
Let the nations know that they are but men. Selah. | |
