1[For the choir director; according to [muth labben]; a psalm by David.] I will give [you] thanks, O LORD, with all my heart. I will tell about all the miracles you have done.

2I will find joy and be glad about you. I will make music to praise your name, O Most High.

3When my enemies retreat, they will stumble and die in your presence.

4You have defended my just cause: You sat down on your throne as a fair judge.

5You condemned nations. You destroyed wicked people. You wiped out their names forever and ever.

6The enemy is finished-in ruins forever. You have uprooted their cities. Even the memory of them has faded.

7Yet, the LORD is enthroned forever. He has set up his throne for judgment.

8He alone judges the world with righteousness. He judges [its] people fairly.

9The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

10Those who know your name trust you, O LORD, because you have never deserted those who seek your help.

11Make music to praise the LORD, who is enthroned in Zion. Announce to the nations what he has done.

12The one who avenges murder has remembered oppressed people. He has never forgotten their cries.

13Have pity on me, O LORD. Look at what I suffer because of those who hate me. You take me away from the gates of death

14so that I may recite your praises one by one in the gates of Zion and find joy in your salvation.

15The nations have sunk into the pit they have made. Their feet are caught in the net they have hidden [to trap others].

16The LORD is known by the judgment he has carried out. The wicked person is trapped by the work of his own hands. [Higgaion Selah]

17Wicked people, all the nations who forget God, will return to the grave.

18Needy people will not always be forgotten. Nor will the hope of oppressed people be lost forever.

19Arise, O LORD. Do not let mortals gain any power. Let the nations be judged in your presence.

20Strike them with terror, O LORD. Let the nations know that they are [only] mortal. [Selah]