I Will Give Thanks to the LORD 1 RV For the Chief Musician; set to Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvelous 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 RV I will be glad and exult in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High. BSB BSB: I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
3 RV When mine enemies turn back, they stumble and perish at thy presence. BSB BSB: When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
4 RV For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging righteously. BSB BSB: For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
5 RV Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast blotted 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 RV The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; and the cities which thou hast overthrown, their very memorial is perished. BSB BSB: The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
7 RV But the LORD sitteth as king for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. BSB BSB: But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
8 RV And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness. BSB BSB: He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
9 RV The LORD also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble; BSB BSB: The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 RV And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou, LORD, 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 RV Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. BSB BSB: Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
12 RV For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the poor. BSB BSB: For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
13 RV Have mercy upon me, O LORD; behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest 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 RV That I may shew forth all thy praise: in the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice 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 RV The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which 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 RV The LORD hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higaion. 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 RV The wicked shall return to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God. BSB BSB: The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.
18 RV For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever. BSB BSB: For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
19 RV Arise, O LORD; 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 RV Put them in fear, O LORD: let the nations 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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