1 I will thank the Lord with all my heart;

I will declare all your wondrous works.  *

2 I will rejoice and boast about you;  *

I will sing about your name, Most High.  *

3 When my enemies retreat,

they stumble and perish before you.  *

4 For you have upheld my just cause;  *

you are seated on your throne as a righteous judge.  *

5 You have rebuked the nations:  *

You have destroyed the wicked;  *

you have erased their name forever and ever.  *

6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin;

you have uprooted the cities,

and the very memory of them has perished.  *

7 But the Lord sits enthroned forever;  *

he has established his throne for judgment.  *

8 And he judges the world with righteousness;

he executes judgment on the nations with fairness.  *

9 The Lord is a refuge for the persecuted,

a refuge in times of trouble.  *

10 Those who know your name trust in you

because you have not abandoned

those who seek you, Lord.  *

11 Sing to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;  *

proclaim his deeds among the nations.  *

12 For the one who seeks an accounting

for bloodshed remembers them;  *

he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.  *

13 Be gracious to me, Lord;

consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.  *

Lift me up from the gates of death,  *

14 so that I may declare all your praises.

I will rejoice in your salvation  *

within the gates of Daughter Zion.

15 The nations have fallen into the pit they made;

their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.  *

16 The Lord has made himself known;

he has executed justice,  *

snaring the wicked

by the work of their hands.  *Higgaion.  Selah

17 The wicked will return to Sheol  *  —

all the nations that forget God.  *

18 For the needy will not always be forgotten;

the hope of the oppressed  * will not perish forever.  *

19 Rise up, Lord! Do not let mere humans prevail;

let the nations be judged in your presence.  *

20 Put terror in them, Lord;  *

let the nations know they are only humans.  *Selah