I Will Give Thanks to the LORD 1 DBY To the chief Musician. Upon Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. I will praise Jehovah with my whole heart; I will recount all thy marvellous works. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
2 DBY I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will sing forth thy name, O Most High. BSB BSB: I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
3 DBY When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence: BSB BSB: When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
4 DBY For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously. BSB BSB: For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
5 DBY Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. BSB BSB: You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
6 DBY O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. — Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished. BSB BSB: The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
7 DBY But Jehovah sitteth for ever; he hath ordained his throne for judgment. BSB BSB: But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
8 DBY And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity. BSB BSB: He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
9 DBY And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress. BSB BSB: The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 DBY And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. BSB BSB: Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
11 DBY Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell among the peoples his doings. BSB BSB: Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
12 DBY For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten. BSB BSB: For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
13 DBY Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting me up from the gates of death: BSB BSB: Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
14 DBY That I may declare all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will be joyful in thy salvation. BSB BSB: that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
15 DBY The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken. BSB BSB: The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
16 DBY Jehovah is known by the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. BSB BSB: The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
17 DBY The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget God. BSB BSB: The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.
18 DBY For the needy one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever. BSB BSB: For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
19 DBY Arise, Jehovah; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight. BSB BSB: Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
20 DBY Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. BSB BSB: Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
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