For the Chief Musician; set to Muthlabben. A Psalm of David.
1I will give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvelous works.
2I will be glad and exult in thee: I will singpraiseאוֹדֶ֣ה'o.DehH3034to thy name, O thou Most High.
3When mine enemies turn back, they stumble and perish at thy presence.
4For thou hast maintained my right and mycauseבְּשׁוּב־be.shuv-H7725; thou satest in the throne judging righteously.
5Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast blottedoutיָשַׁ֥בְתָּya.Shav.taH3427their name for ever and ever.
6The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate foreverוָעֶֽד׃va.'EdH5703; and the citieswhichג֭וֹיִםGo.yimH1471thou hast overthrown, their verymemorialשְׁמָ֥םshe.MamH8034isperishedH6.
7But the LORD sitteth as king foreverלָ֫נֶ֥צַחla.Ne.tzachH5331: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8And he shalljudgeH4941the world in righteousness, he shall ministerjudgmentלַמִּשְׁפָּ֣טla.mish.PatH4941to the peoples in uprightness.
9The LORD also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble;
10And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou,LORDH3068, hastnotוִ֘יהִ֤יvi.HiH1961forsaken them that seek thee.
11Singpraisesלַ֭יהוָהla.Yah.wehH3068to theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068, which dwelleth in Zion:declareיוֹדְעֵ֣יyod.'EiH3045among thepeopleלֹֽא־lo'-H3808his doings.
12For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
13Have mercy uponmeH7911, O LORD;beholdלֹֽא־lo'-H3808my affliction which I suffer of them that hatemeH7911, thou that liftestmeH7911upאוֹתָ֣ם'o.TamH853from the gates ofdeathדָּ֭מִיםDa.mimH1818;
14That I may shew forth all thypraiseמְ֝רוֹמְמִ֗יme.ro.MiH7311: in thegatesH8179of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15The nations are sunk down in the pit that theymadeכָּֽל־kal-H3605: in the net which they hid is their own foottakenאֲסַפְּרָ֗ה'a.sa.pe.RahH5608.
16The LORD hathmadeH6213himselfרַגְלָֽם׃rag.LamH7272known, he hath executedjudgmentג֭וֹיִםGo.yimH1471: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higaion. Selah
17ThewickedH7563shall return to Sheol,evenעָ֫שָׂ֥ה'a.SahH6213allנ֤וֹדַ֨ע׀no.Da'H3045the nations that forgetGodיְהוָה֮Yah.wehH3068.
18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish foreverיָשׁ֣וּבוּya.Shu.vuH7725.
19Arise, O LORD;letH3808notH3808manאֶבְי֑וֹן'ev.YonH34prevail:letH3808the nations be judged in thy sight.
20Put them in fear, OLORDH3068:letאַל־'al-H408thenationsH1471knowthemselvesעַל־'al-H5921to be butmenH582. Selah
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