1 I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works.

I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in You; 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 turn back, They shall fall and perish at Your presence.

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 in righteousness.

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 O enemy, destructions are finished forever! And you have destroyed cities; Even their memory has perished.

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 endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment.

But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.

8 H e shall judge the world in righteousness, And He shall administer judgment for 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 for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble.

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

10 A nd those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek 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 His deeds among the people.

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

12 W hen He avenges blood, He remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the humble.

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

13 H ave mercy on me, O Lord! Consider my trouble from 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 tell of all Your praise In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Your salvation.

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 which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is 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 is known by the judgment He executes; The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. 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 into hell, And all the nations that forget 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; The expectation of 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, Do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged in Your sight.

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.