1 I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous 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 you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

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

3 W hen my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.

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

4 F or you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.

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

5 Y ou have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever 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 T he enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.

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

7 B ut Yahweh reigns forever. 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 H e will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

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

9 Y ahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

The 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, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.

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

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

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

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 on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift 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 all of your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.

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 nations have 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 Y ahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. 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 turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

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

18 F or the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

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

19 A rise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your 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 them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

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