[1] I will thank you, LORD, with all my heart; I will talk about all your wonderful acts. [2] I will celebrate and rejoice in you; I will sing praises to your name, Most High. [3] When my enemies turn and retreat, they fall down and die right in front of you [4] because you have established justice for me and my claim, because you rule from the throne, establishing justice rightly. [5] You’ve denounced the nations, destroyed the wicked. You’ve erased their names for all time. [6] Every enemy is wiped out, like something ruined forever. You’ve torn down their cities—even the memory of them is dead. [7] But the LORD rules forever! He assumes his throne for the sake of justice. [8] He will establish justice in the world rightly; he will judge all people fairly. [9] The LORD is a safe place for the oppressed—a safe place in difficult times. [10] Those who know your name trust you because you have not abandoned any who seek you, LORD. [11] Sing praises to the LORD, who lives in Zion! Proclaim his mighty acts among all people! [12] Because the one who avenges bloodshed remembers those who suffer; the LORD hasn’t forgotten their cries for help. [13] Have mercy on me, LORD! Just look how I suffer because of those who hate me. But you are the one who brings me back from the very gates of death [14] so I can declare all your praises, so I can rejoice in your salvation in the gates of Daughter Zion. [15] The nations have fallen into the hole they themselves made! Their feet are caught in the very net they themselves hid! [16] The LORD is famous for the justice he has done; it’s his own doing that the wicked are trapped. Higgayon. Selah [17] Let the wicked go straight to the grave, the same for every nation that forgets God. [18] Because the poor won’t be forgotten forever, the hope of those who suffer won’t be lost for all time. [19] Get up, LORD! Don’t let people prevail! Let the nations be judged before you. [20] Strike them with fear, LORD. Let the nations know they are only human. Selah
