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

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

2 I will be glad and full of joy because of 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 those who hate me turn away, they fall and are lost from You.

When my enemies turn back, They shall fall and perish at Your presence.

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

For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.

5 Y ou have spoken sharp words to the nations and have destroyed the sinful. You have thrown 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 hose who fight against You are finished forever. You have destroyed their cities. They will be remembered no more.

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

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

But the Lord shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment.

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

He shall judge the world in righteousness, And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.

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

The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge 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.

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

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

Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion! Declare His deeds among the people.

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

When He avenges blood, He remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the humble.

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,

Have mercy on me, O Lord! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift 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.

That I may tell of all Your praise In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Your salvation.

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

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.

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.

The Lord is known by the judgment He executes; The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah

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

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

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

For the needy shall not always be forgotten; The expectation of the poor shall not perish 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.

Arise, O Lord, Do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged in Your sight.

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

Put them in fear, O Lord, That the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah