| New American Standard Bible 1995 | English Standard Version |
| 1For the choir director; on Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will tell of all Your wonders. | 1I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of 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 praise to your name, O Most High. |
| 3When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish before You. | 3When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence. |
| 4For You have maintained my just cause; You have sat on the throne judging righteously. | 4For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment. |
| 5You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever. | 5You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever. |
| 6The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins, And You have uprooted the cities; The very memory of them has perished. | 6The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you rooted out; the very memory of them has perished. |
| 7But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment, | 7But the LORD sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice, |
| 8And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity. | 8and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness. |
| 9The LORD also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble; | 9The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. |
| 10And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You. | 10And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you. |
| 11Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; Declare among the peoples His deeds. | 11Sing praises to the LORD, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds! |
| 12For He who requires blood remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted. | 12For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted. |
| 13Be gracious to me, O LORD; See my affliction from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death, | 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, |
| 14That I may tell of all Your praises, That in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation. | 14that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation. |
| 15The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made; In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught. | 15The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught. |
| 16The LORD has made Himself known; He has executed judgment. In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. Higgaion Selah. | 16The LORD has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah |
| 17The wicked will return to Sheol, Even all the nations who forget God. | 17The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God. |
| 18For the needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever. | 18For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever. |
| 19Arise, O LORD, do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged before You. | 19Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you! |
| 20Put them in fear, O LORD; Let the nations know that they are but men. Selah. | 20Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! Selah |
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