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| 1I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. | 1I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart, I will declare all your wonderful deeds. |
| 2I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. | 2I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praises to your name, Most High! |
| 3When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence. | 3When my enemies turn back, they will stumble and perish before you. |
| 4For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment. | 4For you have brought about justice for me and my cause; you sit on the throne judging righteously. |
| 5You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever. | 5You rebuked the nations, you destroyed the wicked, you wiped out their name forever and ever. |
| 6The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you rooted out; the very memory of them has perished. | 6The enemy has perished, reduced to ruins forever. You uprooted their cities, the very memory of them vanished. |
| 7But the LORD sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice, | 7But the LORD sits on his throne forever; his throne is established for judgment. |
| 8and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness. | 8He will judge the world righteously and make just decisions for the people. |
| 9The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. | 9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of distress. |
| 10And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you. | 10Those who know your name will trust you, for you have not forsaken those who seek you, LORD. |
| 11Sing praises to the LORD, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds! | 11Sing praises to the LORD who dwells in Zion; declare his mighty deeds among the peoples. |
| 12For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted. | 12As an avenger of blood, he remembers them; he has not forgotten the cry of the afflicted. |
| 13Be gracious to me, O LORD! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death, | 13Be gracious to me, LORD, take note of my affliction, because of those who hate me. You snatch me away from the gates of death, |
| 14that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation. | 14so I may declare everything for which you should be praised in the gates of the daughter of Zion, so I will rejoice in your deliverance. |
| 15The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught. | 15The nations have sunk down into the pit they made, their feet are ensnared in the trap they set. |
| 16The LORD has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah | 16The LORD has made himself known, executing judgment. The wicked are ensnared by what their hands have made. Interlude |
| 17The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God. | 17The wicked will turn back to where the dead are — all the nations that have forgotten God. |
| 18For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever. | 18For he will not always overlook the plight of the poor, nor will the hope of the afflicted perish forever. |
| 19Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you! | 19Rise up, LORD, do not let man prevail! The nations will be judged in your presence. |
| 20Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! Selah | 20Make them afraid, LORD, Let the nations know that they are only human. Interlude |
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