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I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
I will recount all of yourgPs. 26:7; 40:5; 96:3; 105:5 wonderful deeds.
2 I will be glad andhPs. 5:11 exult in you;
I williPs. 7:17 sing praise to your name,jSee Ps. 83:18 O Most High.
3 When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish before1Or because of your presence.
4 For you havekPs. 140:12 maintained my just cause;
you havelPs. 29:10 sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.
5 You havemPs. 68:30 rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;
you havenDeut. 9:14; 29:20; [Prov. 10:7] blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;
their cities you rooted out;
the very memory of them has perished.
7 But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
he has established his throne for justice,
8 and heoPs. 58:11; 96:13; 98:9 judges the world with righteousness;
hepPs. 96:10 judges the peoples with uprightness.
9 The Lord isq2 Sam. 22:3; [Prov. 18:10] a stronghold forrPs. 10:18; 74:21 the oppressed,
a stronghold insPs. 10:1 times of trouble.
10 And those whotPs. 91:14 know your name put their trust in you,
for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, whouPs. 76:2 sits enthroned in Zion!
Tell among the peoples hisvPs. 77:12; [Ps. 107:22] deeds!
12 For he whowGen. 9:5; [Ps. 10:13]; See 1 Kgs. 21:17-19 avenges blood is mindful of them;
hexver. 18; Ps. 10:12; [Ps. 12:5] does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 yPs. 4:1 Be gracious to me, O Lord!
See my affliction from those who hate me,
O you who lift me up fromzSee Job 38:17 the gates of death,
14 that I may recount all your praises,
that in the gates ofa2 Kgs. 19:21; Isa. 37:22 the daughter of Zion
I maybPs. 13:5; 20:5; 21:1; 35:9; 1 Sam. 2:1 rejoice in your salvation.
15 The nations have sunk incSee Ps. 7:15 the pit that they made;
indSee Job 18:8 the net that they hid their own foot has been caught.
16 The Lord has made himselfeEx. 7:5; 14:4 known; he has executed judgment;
the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. [foreign]Higgaion.Probably a musical or liturgical term Selah[/foreign]
17 The wicked shallf[Gen. 3:19] return to Sheol,
all the nations thatgPs. 50:22; Job 8:13; Isa. 51:13 forget God.
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
andh[Prov. 23:18; 24:14] the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
19 iSee Ps. 3:7 Arise, O Lord! Let notj[Ps. 10:18] man prevail;
let the nations be judged before you!
20 Put them in fear, O Lord!
Let the nations know that they are butj[See ver. 19 above] men! [foreign]Selah[/foreign]