[1] I will give you thanks, O LORD, with all my heart. I will tell about all the miracles you have done. [2] I will find joy and be glad about you. I will make music to praise your name, O Most High. [3] When my enemies retreat, they will stumble and die in your presence. [4] You have defended my just cause: You sat down on your throne as a fair judge. [5] You condemned nations. You destroyed wicked people. You wiped out their names forever and ever. [6] The enemy is finished-in ruins forever. You have uprooted their cities. Even the memory of them has faded. [7] Yet, the LORD is enthroned forever. He has set up his throne for judgment. [8] He alone judges the world with righteousness. He judges its people fairly. [9] The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. [10] Those who know your name trust you, O LORD, because you have never deserted those who seek your help. [11] Make music to praise the LORD, who is enthroned in Zion. Announce to the nations what he has done. [12] The one who avenges murder has remembered oppressed people. He has never forgotten their cries. [13] Have pity on me, O LORD. Look at what I suffer because of those who hate me. You take me away from the gates of death [14] so that I may recite your praises one by one in the gates of Zion and find joy in your salvation. [15] The nations have sunk into the pit they have made. Their feet are caught in the net they have hidden to trap others. [16] The LORD is known by the judgment he has carried out. The wicked person is trapped by the work of his own hands. Higgaion Selah [17] Wicked people, all the nations who forget God, will return to the grave. [18] Needy people will not always be forgotten. Nor will the hope of oppressed people be lost forever. [19] Arise, O LORD. Do not let mortals gain any power. Let the nations be judged in your presence. [20] Strike them with terror, O LORD. Let the nations know that they are only mortal. Selah
