[1] To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. [2] I
will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of all thy
wonderful deeds. [3] I will be glad and exult in thee, I will sing praise
to thy name, O Most High. [4] When my enemies turned back, they stumbled
and perished before thee. [5] For thou hast maintained my just cause; thou
hast sat on the throne giving righteous judgment. [6] Thou hast rebuked the
nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast blotted out their name
for ever and ever. [7] The enemy have vanished in everlasting ruins; their
cities thou hast rooted out; the very memory of them has perished. [8] But
the LORD sits enthroned for ever, he has established his throne for
judgment; [9] and he judges the world with righteousness, he judges the
peoples with equity. [10] The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a
stronghold in times of trouble. [11] And those who know thy name put their
trust in thee, for thou, O LORD, hast not forsaken those who seek thee.
[12] Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion! Tell among the peoples
his deeds! [13] For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not
forget the cry of the afflicted. [14] Be gracious to me, O LORD! Behold
what I suffer from those who hate me, O thou who liftest me up from the
gates of death, [15] that I may recount all thy praises, that in the gates
of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in thy deliverance. [16] The nations
have sunk in the pit which they made; in the net which they hid has their
own foot been caught. [17] The LORD has made himself known, he has executed
judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. [Higgaion.
Selah] [18] The wicked shall depart to Sheol, all the nations that forget
God. [19] For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the
poor shall not perish for ever. [20] Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail;
let the nations be judged before thee! [ (Psalms 9:21) Put them in fear, O
LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! [Selah] ]
