1 I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your marvelous works and wonderful deeds!

2 I will rejoice in You and be in high spirits; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High!

3 W hen my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before You.

4 F or You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging righteously.

5 Y ou have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

6 T he enemy have been cut off and have vanished in everlasting ruins, You have plucked up and overthrown their cities; the very memory of them has perished and vanished.

7 B ut the Lord shall remain and continue forever; He has prepared and established His throne for judgment.

8 A nd He will judge the world in righteousness (rightness and equity); He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness.

9 T he Lord also will be a refuge and a high tower for the oppressed, a refuge and a stronghold in times of trouble (high cost, destitution, and desperation).

10 A nd they who know Your name will lean on and confidently put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek (inquire of and for) You.

11 S ing praises to the Lord, Who dwells in Zion! Declare among the peoples His doings!

12 F or He Who avenges the blood remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted (the poor and the humble).

13 H ave mercy upon me and be gracious to me, O Lord; consider how I am afflicted by those who hate me, You Who lift me up from the gates of death,

14 T hat I may show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your praises! In the gates of the Daughter of Zion I will rejoice in Your salvation and Your saving help.

15 T he nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot caught.

16 T he Lord has made Himself known; He executes judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah!

17 T he wicked shall be turned back into Sheol (the place of the departed spirits of the wicked), even all the nations that forget or are forgetful of God.

18 F or the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the expectation and hope of the meek and the poor shall not perish forever.

19 A rise, O Lord! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before You.

20 P ut them in fear, O Lord, that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah!