1 I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.

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

2 I will be glad and exult in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.

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

3 W hen mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.

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

4 F or thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously.

5 T hou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever 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 are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished.

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

7 B ut Jehovah sitteth as king for ever: He hath prepared 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, He will minister judgment 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 J ehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;

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

10 A nd they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

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 Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings.

Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell among the peoples his doings.

12 F or he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

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, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, Thou that liftest 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 all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.

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 are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

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

16 J ehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his 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 unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.

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

18 F or the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

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

19 A rise, O Jehovah; let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.

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

20 P ut them in fear, O Jehovah: Let the nations know themselves to be but men. Selah

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