I Will Give Thanks to the LORD 1 UDB Yahweh, I will praise you with all of my inner being. I will tell others about all the wonderful things that you have done. 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 UDB I will sing to celebrate what you, who are much greater than all other gods, have done. BSB BSB: I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
3 UDB When my enemies realize that you are very powerful, they stumble, and then they are killed. BSB BSB: When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
4 UDB You sit on your throne to judge people, and you have judged fairly concerning me. BSB BSB: For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
5 UDB You rebuked the people of other nations, and you have gotten rid of the wicked people; you have erased their names forever. BSB BSB: You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
6 UDB Our enemies have disappeared; you destroyed their cities, and people do not even remember them anymore. BSB BSB: The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
7 UDB But Yahweh rules forever. He judges people while he sits on his throne. BSB BSB: But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
8 UDB He will judge all the people in the world justly; he will be fair when he judges the people of every nation. BSB BSB: He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
9 UDB Yahweh will be a refuge for those who are oppressed; he will be like a shelter for them when they have trouble. BSB BSB: The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 UDB Those who know Yahweh trust in him; he never abandons those who come to him for help. BSB BSB: Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
11 UDB Yahweh rules on Mount Zion; praise him and sing to him. Tell the people of all the nations the marvelous things that he has done. BSB BSB: Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
12 UDB He does not forget to punish those who have murdered others; he will punish them, and he will not ignore people who are crying because they are suffering. BSB BSB: For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
13 UDB Yahweh, act mercifully toward me! Look at the ways that my enemies have injured me. Do not allow me to die because of these injuries. BSB BSB: Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
14 UDB I want to live in order that I can praise you at the gates of Jerusalem and to rejoice because you rescued me. BSB BSB: that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
15 UDB It is as though the wicked people of many nations have dug a pit for me to fall into, but they have fallen into that same pit. It is as though they have spread out a net to catch me, but their feet have been caught in that same net. BSB BSB: The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
16 UDB Because of what you have done, people know that you make justice happen; you allow wicked people to be trapped by the same evil things that they themselves do. BSB BSB: The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
17 UDB Wicked people will all die and be buried in their graves; their spirits will go to be with all those who have forgotten about you. BSB BSB: The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.
18 UDB But you will not forget those who are needy; what they confidently expect will never be in vain. BSB BSB: For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
19 UDB Yahweh, do not allow our enemies to conquer us just because they are strong; You see what the people do and you bring justice to them all. BSB BSB: Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
20 UDB Yahweh, teach them that they must be afraid of you and honor you. Cause them to know that they are only human beings. BSB BSB: Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
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