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!

I will praise Jehovah with my whole heart; I will recount all thy marvellous works.

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

I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will sing forth thy name, O Most High.

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

When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence:

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

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest 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.

Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast put out their name for ever 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.

O enemy! destructions are ended for ever.—Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished.

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

But Jehovah sitteth for ever; he hath ordained 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.

And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.

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).

And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress.

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.

And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

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

Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell 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).

For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.

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,

Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting 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.

That I may declare all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will be joyful in thy salvation.

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

The nations are sunk down in the pit they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.

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

Jehovah is known the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his 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.

The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget 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.

For the needy one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever.

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

Arise, Jehovah; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight.

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

Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.