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 give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous 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 you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

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

When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.

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

For you have maintained my just cause. You sit 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.

You 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.

The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.

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

But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared 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.

He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment 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).

Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

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.

Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.

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

Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.

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 he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.

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,

Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and 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.

that I may show all of your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your 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 have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is 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!

Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. 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 back to Sheol, even 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 shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

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

Arise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.

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

Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.