Psalms

For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David.

1I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart.I will tell of all your marvelous works.

2I will be glad and rejoice in you.I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

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

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

5You have rebuked the nations.You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

6The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin.The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.

7But the LORD reigns forever.He has prepared his throne for judgment.

8He will judge the world in righteousness.He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

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

10Those who know your name will put their trust in you,for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

11Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion,and declare among the people what he has done.

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

13Have mercy on me, LORD.See my affliction by those who hate me,and lift me up from the gates of death,

14that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.

15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made.In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

16The LORD has made himself known.He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

17The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol,even all the nations that forget God.

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

19Arise, LORD! Don’t let man prevail.Let the nations be judged in your sight.

20Put them in fear, LORD.Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

1To the Overseer, 'On the Death of Labben.' — A Psalm of David. I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders,

2I rejoice and exult in Thee, I praise Thy Name, O Most High.

3In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.

4For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.

5Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.

6O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.

7And Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne.

8And He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.

9And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

10They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.

11Sing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts,

12For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

13Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,

14So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation.

15Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.

16Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.

17The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.

18For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

19Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face.

20Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they [are] men! Selah.