[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
