For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David.
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1I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart.
- I will tell of all your marvelous works.
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2I will be glad and rejoice in you.
- I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
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3When my enemies turn back,
- they stumble and perish in your presence.
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4For you have maintained my just cause.
- You sit on the throne judging righteously.
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5You have rebuked the nations.
- You have destroyed the wicked.
- You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
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6The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin.
- The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
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7But Yahweh reigns forever.
- He has prepared his throne for judgment.
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8He will judge the world in righteousness.
- He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
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9Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed;
- a high tower in times of trouble.
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10Those who know your name will put their trust in you,
- for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
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11Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion,
- and declare among the people what he has done.
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12For he who avenges blood remembers them.
- He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
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13Have mercy on me, Yahweh.
- See my affliction by those who hate me,
- and lift me up from the gates of death;
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14that I may show forth all your praise.
- In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.
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15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made.
- In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
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16Yahweh has made himself known.
- He has executed judgment.
- The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands.
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17The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol,
- even all the nations that forget God.
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18For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
- nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
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19Arise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail.
- Let the nations be judged in your sight.
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20Put them in fear, Yahweh.
- Let the nations know that they are only men.
