1 To the Chief Musician. To die for the Son. A Psalm of David. I will praise [You], O LORD, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

3 When my enemies have turned back, they shall fall and perish before You.

4 For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat in the throne judging right.

5 You have rebuked the heathen, You have destroyed the wicked, You have put out their name forever and ever.

6 The desolations of the enemy have come to an end forever, and You have destroyed the cities; their memorial has perished with them.

7 But the LORD shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment.

8 And He shall judge the world in righteousness; He shall judge the peoples in uprightness.

9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

10 And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; for You, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; declare among the nations His deeds.

12 For He remembers them, the seekers of bloodshed; He forgets not the cry of the humble.

13 Have mercy on me, O LORD; see my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,

14 so that I may declare all Your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; I will rejoice in Your salvation.

15 The nations have sunk down in the pit [that] they made; their foot is caught in the net which they hid.

16 The LORD is known. He has executed judgment; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. A meditation. Selah.

17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God.

18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall [not] perish forever.

19 Arise, O LORD; let not man be strong. Let the nations be judged in Your sight.

20 Put them in fear, O LORD, let the nations know they [are] but men. Selah.