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

3 W hen those who hate me turn away, they fall and are lost from You.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 T he sinful, all the nations that forget God, will be turned back into the grave.

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

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

20 M ake them afraid, O Lord. Let the nations know they are only men.