| 1 ¶ To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
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| 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
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| 3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
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| 4 For thou hast maintained1 my right2 and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
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| 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
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| 6 O thou3 enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
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| 7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
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| 8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
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| 9 The LORD also will be a refuge4 for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
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| 10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
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| 11 ¶ Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
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| 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.5
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| 13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
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| 14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
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| 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
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| 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion.6 Selah.
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| 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
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| 18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
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| 19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
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| 20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
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