1 ¶ I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will tell of all thy marvellous works.

I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart. I will tell of all the great things You have done.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High

I will be glad and full of joy because of You. I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

3 b ecause my enemies are turned back; they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

When those who hate me turn away, they fall and are lost from You.

4 F or thou hast accomplished my judgment and my cause; thou didst sit in the throne judging according to righteousness.

For You have stood by my right actions. You sit on Your throne, and are right in how You judge.

5 T hou hast reprehended the Gentiles, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

You have spoken sharp words to the nations and have destroyed the sinful. You have thrown out their name forever and ever.

6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and the cities that thou hast destroyed; their memorial is perished with them.

Those who fight against You are finished forever. You have destroyed their cities. They will be remembered no more.

7 B ut the LORD shall endure for ever; he has prepared his throne for judgment.

But the Lord lives forever. He has set up His throne to say who is guilty or not.

8 A nd he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall judge the peoples in uprightness.

He will punish the world by what is right. He will be fair as He rules the people.

9 T he LORD also will be a refuge to the humble, a refuge for the time of trouble.

The Lord also keeps safe those who suffer. He is a safe place in times of trouble.

10 A nd those that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, O LORD, hast not forsaken those that seek thee.

Those who know Your name will put their trust in You. For You, O Lord, have never left alone those who look for You.

11 ¶ Sing unto the LORD, he who dwells in Zion; declare among the people his doings.

Sing praises to the Lord, Who lives in Zion! Tell all the nations what He has done!

12 W hen he makes requirement for blood, he remembers them; he does not forget the cry of the humble.

For He Who punishes for the blood of another remembers them. He does not forget the cry of those who suffer.

13 H ave mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer from those that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

Have pity on me, O Lord! See how I suffer from those who hate me, You Who have lifted 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 saving health.

that I may tell of all Your praises in the gates of the people of Zion. There I will be full of joy because You save.

15 T he Gentiles are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid their own foot is taken.

The nations have fallen into the hole they have dug. Their own feet have been caught in the net they have hidden.

16 T he LORD is known by the judgment which he has executed; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion (meditate on this for ever). Selah.

The Lord has made Himself known. He is fair in His Law. The sinful trap themselves by the work of their own hands.

17 T he wicked shall be put into Sheol, all the Gentiles that forget God.

The sinful, all the nations that forget God, will be turned back into the grave.

18 F or the humble shall not always be forgotten: the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.

But those in need will not always be forgotten. The hope of the poor will not be lost forever.

19 A rise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.

Rise up, O Lord! Do not let man win the fight against You. Let the nations come to You and be judged.

20 P ut fear into them, O LORD: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Make them afraid, O Lord. Let the nations know they are only men.