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

To the Overseer, `On the Death of Labben.' -- A Psalm of David. I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders,

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

I rejoice and exult in Thee, I praise Thy Name, O Most High.

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

In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.

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

For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of 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.

Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.

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

O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.

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

And Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne.

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

And He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.

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

And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

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.

They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.

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

Sing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts,

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

For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

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,

Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest 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.

So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy 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.

Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.

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.

Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.

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

The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.

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

For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

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

Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face.

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

Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they men! Selah.